Development of a program theory for shared decision-making: a realist synthesis

• Main Authors: Tamara Waldron (Author), Tracey Carr (Author), Linda McMullen (Author), Gill Westhorp (Author), Vicky Duncan (Author), Shelley-May Neufeld (Author), Lori-Ann Bandura (Author), Gary Groot (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Shared Decision-making (SDM), a medical decision-making model, was popularized in the late 1980s in reaction to then predominate paternalistic decision-making, aiming to better meet the needs of patients. Extensive research has been conducted internationally examining the benefit...