Patient responsibility for medical decision making and risky treatment options

Patients' preferences for decision makin

Patients' preferences for decision making and the feeling of being understood in the medical encounter among patients with rheumatoid arthritis

✍ Ishikawa, Hirono ;Hashimoto, Hideki ;Yano, Eiji 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 79 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objective To examine how patients' preferences for decision making in the medical encounter affect the association between their participation style and the feeling of being understood by the physician. ## Methods The study group comprised 115 patients with rheumatoid arthritis wh