Interest in informed decision making (IDM) has grown in recent years. Greater patient
involvement in decision making is consistent with recommendations to improve health care …

Individuals are increasingly involved in decisions about their health care. Shared decision
making (SDM), an intervention in the clinical setting in which patients and providers …

" The updated Third Edition of Geriatrics and the Law by the leading scholar in law and old
age belongs on the desk of every hospital and long-term care administrator, Director of …

In this review, the principles of evidence-based health care and their application to radiology
are discussed. Evidence-based health care involves the more formal integration of the best …

BACKGROUND: Despite uncertain benefit, many women over age 80 (oldest-old) receive
screening mammography. OBJECTIVE: To explore decision-making and physician …

Background: Screening mammography for younger women and prostate-specific antigen
(PSA) measurement have controversial benefits and known potential adverse …

BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer screening with serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and
digital rectal examination (DRE) continues to increase. Our goal was to test the effect of a …

Interventions to promote informed decision making (IDM) for cancer screening are
increasingly common. The resulting body of literature provides an opportunity for a …

OBJECTIVE This study assessed accuracy of women's opinions about reduction in mortality
from breast cancer attributable to mammography screening. DESIGN Cross sectional …

OBJECTIVE: To profile and compare the content and presentation of written communications
related to informed decision-making about mammography. METHODS: Materials from 16 …