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Background: Sharing decision-making is globally recognised as an important concept in healthcare research, policy, education and practice which enhances person-centred care. However, it is becoming increasingly evident shared decision-making has not been successfully translated into everyday healthcare practice. Sharing decision-making has strong links with person-centred practice. Core to person-centredness and shared decision making, is the need to recognise that as we age, greater reliance is placed on emotion and life experience to inform decision making processes. With the world's ag...

An article in Lancet Psychiatry argues that inpatient psychiatry should prioritize patients’ emotional safety over short-term risk management

In this interview, we speak to Steve Pointon, patient advocate in remission from RCC, and Dr Harm van Melick, Consultant Urologist, about their experiences with shared decision-making and the impact it can have on people living with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

The “Shared Decision Making” program at Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre is the only one of its kind in Canada. More than 200 families in 2022 have been helped by this program, including Shawn and Sara Cheatham, who entered the program when their 11-year-old son developed Crohn’s disease.

Patients with a high BMI are at a greater risk for complications during and after surgery, but some experts argue that strict BMI cutoffs are arbitrary and can worsen disparities in care.