The importance of communication in collaborative decision making: Facilitating shared mind and the management of uncertainty

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 579-584

  Politi, Mary C ^a   Street, Richard L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

patient centred communication; shared decision making; shared mind; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79961064169     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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