Shared decision making - the pinnacle of patient-centred care

"If we can view the health care experience through the patient's eyes, we will become more responsive to patients' needs and, thereby, better clinicians."

Shared decision making - the pinnacle of patient-centred care
MJ Barry, S Edgman-Levitan
New England Journal of Medicine, 2012, 366:780-781

Read more here.

Leading the way to shared decision making

"The critical steps for the NHS Commissioning Board to make 'no decision about me, without me' a reality."

Leading the way to shared decision making: summit report
The Health Foundation
February 2012

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Making Shared Decision-making a Reality

Report published by the King's Fund, clarifying the concept of shared decision-making and proposing actions needed to make the aspiration a reality.

Making Shared Decision-making a Reality: No Decision About Me, Without Me
Angela Coulter, Alf Collins
King's Fund
July 2011

Download the full text here (PDF, 790 KB)

The Health Foundation

In the past year, The Health Foundation has published a number of relevant papers:

• Engaging communities for health improvement
• How do you get clinicians involved in quality improvement
• Implementing shared decision making in the UK
• Quality improvement made simple
• Snapshot: patient safety