title: Person centred care and shared decision making: implications for ethics, public health and research.
abstract: This paper presents a systematic account of ethical issues actualised in different areas, as well as at different levels and stages of health care, by introducing organisational and other procedures that embody a shift towards person centred care and shared decision-making (PCC/SDM). The analysis builds on general ethical theory and earlier work on aspects of PCC/SDM relevant from an ethics perspective. This account leads up to a number of theoretical as well as empirical and practice oriented issues that, in view of broad advancements towards PCC/SDM, need to be considered by health care ethics researchers. Given a PCC/SDM-based reorientation of health care practice, such ethics research is essential from a quality assurance perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, The University of Gothenburg Center for Person Centered Care, Gothenburg, Sweden. Christian.munthe@gu.se
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Munthe
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sandman
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cutas
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D028663:Ethical Theory; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research; D012648:Self Care