Potential Adverse Outcomes of Shared Decision Making about Palliative Cancer Treatment: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial.
Loïs F van de WaterDanique W Bos-van den HoekSteven C KuijperHanneke W M van LaarhovenGeert-Jan CreemersSerge E DohmenHelle-Brit FiebrichPetronella B OttevangerDirkje W SommeijerFilip Y F de VosEllen M A SmetsInge HenselmansPublished in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2023)
Observed shared decision making was related to more tension and uncertainty postconsultation in advanced cancer patientsHowever, training oncologists in SDM did not affect adverse outcomes.Further research is needed to untangle which, when, and how adverse outcomes might occur and how burden may be minimized.