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Shared Decision Making — Finding the Sweet Spot

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  • Terri R. Fried, M.D.

The patient's role in medical decision making is often not matched to the clinical circumstances: rather than making strong recommendations when there's greater certainty and allowing patients to decide when there's greater uncertainty, we should do the opposite.

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Author Affiliations

From the Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, and the Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven — both in Connecticut.

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