title: [Shared decision-making for good care; we cannot make it any easier].
abstract: Despite the increase in treatment options and the rise of patient empowerment, cancer can still make people vulnerable and insecure. In such cases, an appeal on autonomy can be a burden. We argue that the main goal of shared decision-making is, however, not to have patients make autonomous choices, but to be able to provide high quality patient-centred care.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Medisch Centrum-Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Henselmans
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunneman
authors.forename: H W M
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: van Laarhoven
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010358:Patient Participation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care