Background: Shared decision making (SDM) is a health communication model promoting
patient-centered care that has not been routinely utilized in mental health. Inconsistent …

Navigating antibiotics at the end of life is a challenge for infectious disease (ID) physicians
who remain deeply committed to providing patient-centered care and engaging in shared …

Objective: Churches in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods serve as safe
havens in many Black communities. Churches provide faith and charitable services but often …

Objectives In order to improve the degree of shared decision making (SDM) experienced by
patients, it is necessary to gain insight into the explanations for the differences in these …

Tumor genomic profiling (TGP) examines genes and somatic mutations specific to a patient's
tumor to identify targets for cancer treatments but can also uncover secondary hereditary …

This chapter describes the lynchpin of the four interactive components of the patient-
centered clinical method–finding common ground (FCG). This will include a brief review of …

This chapter examines evidence gleaned from select studies using a qualitative or a mixed
methods approach supporting the patient-centered clinical method. Qualitative research …

Introduction: Medically underserved people perform suboptimal type 2 diabetes (T2D) self-
care, which contributes to worse diabetes control and higher complication rates. A better …

This chapter examines Component 2 of the patient-centered clinical method: understanding
the whole person. This is the first of two sections on understanding the whole person and …