TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspective
T2 - Informed patient choice: Patient-centered valuing of surgical risks and benefits
AU - Weinstein, James Neil
AU - Clay, Kate
AU - Morgan, Tamara S.
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - The risks and benefits of any health care intervention are valued differently by stakeholders. One of the ethical imperatives of patient-centered care is the balanced, evidence-based presentation of risks and benefits by providers to patients. Using the example of musculoskeletal surgery with devices, we advocate the use of shared decision-making tools and processes known to improve knowledge, adjust unrealistic expectations, and elicit values about benefits desired and the degree of acceptable risks for individual patients. We describe feasibility and efficacy within our organization and address ways to foster the further adoption of this approach.
AB - The risks and benefits of any health care intervention are valued differently by stakeholders. One of the ethical imperatives of patient-centered care is the balanced, evidence-based presentation of risks and benefits by providers to patients. Using the example of musculoskeletal surgery with devices, we advocate the use of shared decision-making tools and processes known to improve knowledge, adjust unrealistic expectations, and elicit values about benefits desired and the degree of acceptable risks for individual patients. We describe feasibility and efficacy within our organization and address ways to foster the further adoption of this approach.
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U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.726
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.726
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17485750
AN - SCOPUS:34248583527
VL - 26
SP - 726
EP - 730
JO - Health affairs (Project Hope)
JF - Health affairs (Project Hope)
SN - 0278-2715
IS - 3
ER -