Get ready for the latest idea in healthcare, the informed shared medical decision. It's a concept that will either make you angry enough to scream or restore your faith in the system. I hope it does ...

Failure to share final decisions for elective treatments and procedures with patients leads to wide variances in treatment, according to researchers from Dartmouth Atlas and the Foundation for ...

Shared decision-making in healthcare, in which patients and providers share information and jointly make decisions based on the individual needs of the patient, requires a significant investment, ...

This was a prospective cohort study of patients radiographically and pathologically eligible for either mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery (BCS; n = 125). Participants completed questionnaires at ...

On Jan. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically reduced the number of recommended childhood ...

Informed consent is a fundamental component of modern healthcare and represents a patient's right to understand and agree to a medical procedure, treatment or study. True informed consent empowers ...

Shelby Jennett has a neuroscience major and a philosophy minor and she is the 2023-24 Honzel Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own. The ...

Breast cancer is not an immediate emergency; patients should take time to make informed decisions. Medical trends, like favoring lumpectomy over mastectomy, can influence treatment choices but may not ...

According to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), embryo transfers to gestational carriers increased by 146% between 2014 and 2017. This surge reflects several social changes: the ...

Madison Patrick is a sociology and public health major and a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Despite the invaluable contribution of medical ...