shared decision making between physician & patient

besa

This seems like it could be a very interesting NIH lecture

March 22, 2016, 3:30-5 p.m.

This NIH lecture should be available to be viewed on videocast at the time it is given and later in archives- see links below.

https://videocast.nih.gov/FutureEvents.asp
https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=18708&bhcp=1

Critical Decisions: The challenge of shared decision making between physicians and patients.
Guest Speaker: Peter Ubel, MD, Duke University

"In 1974, Betty Ford went to sleep so that her doctors could biopsy a lump they had seen on her mammogram. She woke up in a hospital room with a huge bandage over her chest. They hadn't removed a tiny lump. They'd removed her entire breast, without bothering to discuss the pros and cons of this treatment with her.

Medical practice has changed since the time of Betty Ford's cancer treatment. Physicians no longer make a habit of withholding cancer diagnoses from patients. Indeed, many physicians now recognize that figuring out what is best for any given patient depends on discovering that patient's individual preferences.

However, the patient empowerment movement has created a major dilemma in medical decision-making. Despite growing agreement that doctors and patients need to "work together," too often neither doctors nor patients know how to negotiate this new relationship.

In this talk, Dr. Ubel will describe how hidden dynamics in the doctor-patient relationship keep us from making the best medical choices. He will describe the unconscious psychological forces that cause both doctors and patients to make decisions they would otherwise not make. And he will lay out a strategy of research and practice that holds the promise of improving the way we all make health care choices."

LisaAlissa

Sounds like a very interesting talk. Thanks for posting it besa!

LisaAlissa

Hopeful82014

Thanks, Besa!