Doctor’s Recommendations Trump Patient Preferences for Prostate Cancer Treatment

Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 14:41 in Health & Medicine

Shared decision-making in health care has been touted as a way to include patient preferences in treatment plans, better balance treatment risks and benefits, reduce disparities and improve health outcomes. But how does it work in practice? New research led by Karen Scherr, a Duke medical and Ph.D. student, Angela Fagerlin, professor and chair of […]

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