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Case studies
This case study describes how the team in Newcastle working on the Health Foundation’s MAGIC programme to implement shared decision making developed a new approach to supporting pregnant women to decide whether or not to have a screening test for Down’s syndrome.
Information for patients
In the UK there are generally three different environments that women can choose to give birth in. This new website from Which? and Birth Choice UK, supported by the Royal College of Midwives, is designed to help women understand and compare the differences between them and decide the one that is right for them.
Presentations
This presentation sets out what shared decision making is, why it is important and six steps involved in making shared decisions. It describes what a patient decision aid is and how they are developed by the IMDF and can be used in consultations.
Case studies
This web page briefly explores work by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) to study the implementation of decision aids in primary care practice and to examine the effects of decision aids on patient care.
It describes how PAMF have introduced a number of innovations including shared medical appointments, clinic feedback reports and a marketing campaign to support shared decision making.
Academic / research papers
This review is an update to previous reviews. It found evidence that, compared to usual care,use of decision aids improves people's knowledge regarding options; stimulates people to take a more active role in decision making; improves accurate risk perceptions when probabilities are included; and improves congruence between the chosen option and the patient's values.
Tools for clinical practice
This paper is intended to help health professionals to communicate effectively with their patients about the absolute and relative risks of their treatment options.
Information for patients
The NHS Shared Decision Making programme have developed a series of apps for android phones designed to help patients make decisions about their treatment and care. These are available to download for free from Apple Apps Store or Google play.
Case studies
This case study describes how the team in Newcastle working on the Health Foundation’s MAGIC programme to implement shared decision making worked with the children’s rheumatology service at Newcastle Hospitals Children’s Services to support new approaches to communicating with young people and preparing them to transfer to adult services.
Case studies
This case study briefly describes how the team in Newcastle working on the Health Foundation’s MAGIC programme to implement shared decision making worked with the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) to spread shared decision making across the wider health and social care sector.
Case studies
This case study briefly describes how the team in Newcastle working on the Health Foundation’s MAGIC programme to implement shared decision making developed a framework to discuss treatment options with haematology patients needing critical care support and their families.