All of the resources included in our person-centred care resource centre have been reviewed by the Health Foundation. We believe them to be of the highest possible standard but we do not take responsibility for the accuracy of information from third parties.
Other tools and resources
This resource includes Menu of Measures directory and Measuring Success support guide.
Blog
This blog by Fiona Godlee, providing links to more detailed sources, summarizes the implications of the UK’s Supreme Court ruling in February 2015 (the Montgomery ruling).
Video
This hour-long webinar, hosted by Adrian Sieff, Assistant Director at the Health Foundation, provides an excellent introduction to how to understand and implement shared decision making and self-management support into mainstream health care services. It includes presentations by Nahid Ahmad and Holly Krelle from ICF International.
Academic / research papers
This paper reports findings of a study to determine whether shared decision making was associated with patient ratings of care quality and physician communication and whether patients’ preferred decision roles modified those associations.
Tools for managers
Developed with funding from West Midlands SHA, Care Fit for VIPS is a free, safe, easy-to-use online toolkit that gives you everything you need to get started on understanding and implementing person-centred dementia care.
Other tools and resources
“Essential Reading” is a reading list on shared decision making that provides a rapid introduction to the subject and access to knowledge to develop your thinking. The 22 articles are all systematic reviews which have been identified as key. For each article there is a key statement or conclusion to help you assess the article’s value to your needs and a link to the full text where possible or an abstract.
Discussion papers
In this article, Jane Lewis summarises findings from a systematic review of studies from around the world published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The review found that patients have a tendency to overestimate the benefits of medical tests, treatments and screens, while underestimating their potential harms.
Blog
In this blog, Diana Stilwell describes how patient stories can be used in patient education to help engage, inform, reassure, persuade, motivate, or model behavior. She argues that when used appropriately, stories can add real value for people facing hard health choices, without unduly biasing their decisions.
Discussion papers
The aim of the AQuA Shared Decision Making and Self-Management Support Collaborative programme was to achieve a 10% improvement in the number of patients actively engaged in their care and treatment. This report describes the work undertaken by 22 teams taking part in the programme and their learning.
Blog
In this blog the authors argue that informed consent commonly focuses on “surgeon important” information, such as immediate surgical complications and technical processes, but leaves patients ill-prepared and even unaware of the likely success or longer term outcomes of treatment.