Shared Decision Making and How It Impacts the Patient Understanding

"We've used the framework from this model and adapted it to the patient perspective to create a Patient Shared Decision Making Tool. The model is interactive so it can be customized to a specific patient. It has adjustments built in for gender, race/ethnicity, age, and select comorbidities (obesity, hypertension and diabetes).~The strongest, underlying message is that any treatment choice is better than not seeking treatment. To illustrate this, a Do Nothing pathway is included for comparison purposes."