PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Olthuis, Gert
AU  - Leget, Carlo
AU  - Grypdonck, Mieke
TI  - Why shared decision making is not good enough: lessons from patients
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2012-101215
DP  - 2014 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 493--495
VI  - 40
IP  - 7
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/7/493.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/7/493.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2014 Jul 01; 40
AB  - A closer look at the lived illness experiences of medical professionals themselves shows that shared decision making is in need of a logic of care. This paper underlines that medical decision making inevitably takes place in a messy and uncertain context in which sharing responsibilities may impose a considerable burden on patients. A better understanding of patients’ lived experiences enables healthcare professionals to attune to what individual patients deem important in their lives. This will contribute to making medical decisions in a good and caring manner, taking into account the lived experience of being ill.