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Shared Decision-making: What is Shared? Who Decides? How is the Decision Made?

  • Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
  • Abbr : 의료윤리
  • 2024, 27(3), pp.155-176
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Medical Ethics
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > General Medicine
  • Received : August 29, 2024
  • Accepted : September 19, 2024
  • Published : September 30, 2024

Kyungsuk Choi ORD ID 1

1이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

In this article, I analyze the concept of shared decision-making to explain what is shared, who decides, how the decision is made, and how shared decision-making differs from informed consent. Building on the work of Veatch and Charles, I argue that shared decision-making has two essential features: (a) it helps patients make decisions while respecting their right to self-determination, and (b) it maintains the integrity of both physicians and patients. Furthermore, using the three-talk model and the six steps approach to shared decision-making, I explicate the concept of “mutual acceptance,” which is central to this process. Mutual acceptance of the final decision is a two-step process: physicians first formulate options that align with their own integrity, and then patients deliberate and choose the options that best suit their needs, wishes, and constraints. Thus, I argue that mutual acceptance represents physicians’ acceptance of their patients’ final decisions. Furthermore, the closer the original options are to equipoise, the less psychological burden physicians will experience regarding the choices their patients make.

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