The traditional paternalistic approach to patient care ― in which treatment decisions are made by doctors without patient input ― is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, replaced by shared ...

When federal health officials announced on Jan. 5 that they were taking six out of 17 vaccines off the childhood immunization schedule, they argued that the move would give parents and caregivers more ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published by The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. When federal health officials announced on ...

On Jan. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccinations from 17 to 11, citing practices in other wealthy nations, ...

Shared decision making (SDM) is a method of care that is suitable for the care of patients with cancer. It involves a collaborative conversation seeking to respond sensibly to the problematic ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vaccine hesitancy is more common among people who seek information from the ...

We hear that advice a lot. But what if you don’t have a doctor to talk to, or the guidance you’ve been given isn’t clear? Shared clinical decision-making is framed as empowering to patients, but some ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rather than telling a patient they should get a vaccine, the CDC’s shared clinical decision-making ...