Saul J Weiner, Alan Schwartz, Gunjan Sharma, Amy Binns-Calvey, Naomi Ashley, Brendan Kelly, Amit Dayal, Sonal Patel, Frances M Weaver, Ilene Harris
BACKGROUND: Patient-centered decision making (PCDM) is the process of identifying clinically relevant, patient-specific circumstances and behaviors to formulate a contextually appropriate care plan. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain whether encounters in which PCDM occurs are followed by improved health care outcomes compared with encounters where there is inattention to patient context. DESIGN: Patients surreptitiously audio-recorded encounters with their physicians...
April 16, 2013: Annals of Internal Medicine