How Patient Centered Are Medical Decisions?

Informing and involving patients in their medical decisions is increasingly becoming a standard for good medical care, particularly for primary care physicians.To learn how patients describe the decision-making process for 10 common medical decisions, including 6 that are most often made in primary care.A survey of a national sample of adults 40 years or older who in the preceding 2 years had either experienced or discussed with a health care...