Helping families make difficult choices: Creation and implementation of a decision aid for neuromuscular scoliosis surgery

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 831-837

  Shirley, Eric ^a   Bejarano, Carolina ^a   Clay, Catharine ^b   Fuzzell, Lindsay ^c   Leonard, Sharon ^a   Wysocki, Tim ^a  

^a NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision aid; Neuromuscular scoliosis; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SCOLIOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN RELATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 84947067259     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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