Shared Decision-Making (II): With Patients and Families

Publication date

2023

Authors

Kentish-Barnes, Nancy
Benbenishty, Julie
Kerckhoffs, Monika

Editors

Michalsen, A.
Sadovnikoff, N.
Kesecioglu, J.

Advisors

Supervisors

Document Type

Part of book

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taverne

Abstract

Shared decision-making is a central component of patient-centered care in the intensive care unit. It is defined by the American College of Critical Care Medicine as “a collaborative process that allows patients, or their surrogates, and clinicians to make health care decisions together, taking into account the best scientific evidence available, as well as the patient’s values, goals, and preferences.” In this chapter, we attempt to demonstrate that involving patients and/or family members in shared decision-making in the ICU can be a challenging task. We also describe strategies to help clinicians improve incorporation of patients and/or families in decision-making processes.

Keywords

Autonomy, Clinical ethics, Critical care, Decisional capacity, Ethics, Family experience, Intensive care medicine, Partnership, Shared decision-making, Taverne, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Critical Care

Citation

Kentish-Barnes, N, Benbenishty, J & Kerckhoffs, M C 2023, Shared Decision-Making (II) : With Patients and Families. in A Michalsen, N Sadovnikoff & J Kesecioglu (eds), Ethics in Intensive Care Medicine. Lessons from the ICU, vol. Part F1176, Springer Nature, pp. 45-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29390-0_5