Do GPs think patient decision aids are a useful tool?

Patient decision aids for cancer treatment: are there any alternatives?

BACKGROUND Although patient decision aids (pDAs) are effective, widespread use of pDAs for cancer treatment has not been achieved. The objectives of this study were to perform a systematic review to identify alternate types of decision support interventions (DSIs) for cancer treatment and a meta-analysis to compare the effectiveness of these DSIs to pDAs. METHODS The inclusion criteria for th...

Do choosing wisely tools meet criteria for patient decision aids? A descriptive analysis of patient materials

OBJECTIVES Choosing Wisely is a remarkable physician-led campaign to reduce unnecessary or harmful health services. Some of the literature identifies Choosing Wisely as a shared decision-making approach. We evaluated the patient materials developed by Choosing Wisely Canada to determine whether they meet the criteria for shared decision-making tools known as patient decision aids. DESIGN Desc...

What do you think you are?

Here, what might be considered a universal belief in dualism is integrated with developmental perspectives on the emergence of identifying the mental and physical components of the self. Additionally, work to "localize" the self is introduced.

'Who do you think you are?'.

Personality inventories are common in employment practice but the Enneagram offers nurses a way to see how they can grow and also get the best out of their colleagues.

Who do they think they are?