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Many people die in ways and locations, that go against their preferences. Much of this unwanted care could be avoided if patients talked with their clinicians.

An experienced public health and cancer researcher offers advice to patients newly diagnosed with prostate cancer and discusses barriers to access to care.

A genitourinary oncologist provides insights on the treatment decision-making process and the roles of guidelines for prostate cancer.

It used to be you went to see a doctor, he gave expert advice and you did what you were told.

Across 65 cardiovascular guidelines with nearly 7500 specific recommendations published 2012-2022, only 170 recommendations directly incorporated shared decision-making.

An expert describes the patient advocate’s role in shared decision-making with a patient for novel therapeutic options.

Cardiology experts discuss the importance of an accurate and prompt diagnosis of oHCM, as well as effectively educating the patient about the condition.

Clinicians and nurses who treat patients with hemophilia with a gene therapy identified important factors and considerations needed in a potential shared decision making tool.

While under neonatal intensive care last summer, an Ontario familys premature baby suffered low oxygen levels and acquired an infection after being fed a strangers breast milk — but, ultimately, it was a lack of communication from the Toronto area hospitals staff that has "forever shattered" the familys trust, they say.

New American Heart Association scientific statement finds that only 10% of face-to-face consultations involve adequate levels of shared decision-making.