Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
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Primary Care Physicians' Support of Shared Decision Making for Different Cancer Screening Decisions.
Despite its widespread advocacy, shared decision making (SDM) is not routinely used for cancer screening. To better understand the implementation barriers, we describe primary care physicians' (PCPs') support for SDM across diverse cancer screening contexts. ⋯ Our results highlight the need to document SDM benefits and consider the specific contextual challenges, such as the level of uncertainty or whether evidence supports recommending/not recommending screening, when implementing SDM across an array of cancer screening contexts.