Implementation of Shared Decision-Making in Cancer Care

"The intervention is shared decision-making. The implementation strategy to foster shared decision-making in routine cancer care is a multicomponent implementation program. The implementation program consists of the following components:~1. shared decision-making trainings for health care professionals,~2. individual coaching for physicians,~3. patient activation strategy,~4. provision of patient information material and decision aids,~5. revision of the clinics quality management documents, and~6. critical reflection of current organization of multidisciplinary team meetings.~Implementation: after baseline assessment (t0) for clinic 1, after assessment at t1 for clinic 2, after assessment at t2 for clinic 3."

No specific study related intervention. Treatment decisions are made according to current routine practice at the comprehensive cancer center in Germany.