Shared decision-making, gender and new technologies.
Much discussion of decision-making processes in medicine has been patient-centred. It has been assumed that there is, most often, one patient. Less attention has been given to shared decision-making processes where two or more patients are involved. This article aims to contribute to this special area. What conditions need to be met if decision-making can be said to be shared? What is a shared decision-making process and what is a shared autonomous decision-making process? Why make the distinction? Examples are drawn from the area of new reproductive medicine and clinical genetics. Possible gender-differences in shared decision-making are discussed.
Zeiler
Kristin
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Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, Tema Health and Society, Linköping, 590 50, Sweden. krize@ihs.liu.se
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010358:Patient Participation; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence