Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
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Review
What is known about parents' treatment decisions? A narrative review of pediatric decision making.
With the increasing complexity of decisions in pediatric medicine, there is a growing need to understand the pediatric decision-making process. ⋯ Current research demonstrates a diversity of influences on parent decision making and parent decision preferences; however, little is known about decision outcomes or interventions to improve outcomes. Further investigation, using prospective methods, is needed in order to understand how to support parents through the difficult treatment decisions.
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The recent emphasis on providing comparative health care data to the public has resulted in a large amount of online information. To focus on the most essential attributes, insight is needed into which attributes are actually considered by consumers. ⋯ As for cataract and total hip/knee replacement surgery, the attributes that seem most important to consumers when choosing a hospital are access (waiting time and distance) and patient safety attributes.