title: Shared decision making and patient decision aids in dermatology.
abstract: Shared decision making combines individual patient interests and values with clinical best evidence under the guiding principle of patient autonomy. Patient decision aids can support shared decision making and facilitate decisions that have multiple options with varying outcomes for which patients may attribute different values. Given the variable psychosocial impact of skin disease on individuals and relative uncertainty regarding best treatments and their adherence in many dermatological conditions, informed shared decision making, supported by patient decision aids, should constitute a central component of dermatological care.
authors: Western University, London, ON, Canada. jerrytan@bellnet.ca.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Tan
authors: Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Linos
authors: University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Sendelweck
authors: Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors: E J
authors: EJ
authors: van Zuuren
authors: School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ersser
authors: Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
authors: R P
authors: RP
authors: Dellavalle
authors: Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Williams
mesh_terms: D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy*