No decision about me without me

No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To demonstrate that concordance can be operationalised to the benefit of patients. Concordance can be understood as a composite of knowledge, health beliefs and collaboration. BACKGROUND In discussing any clinical decision, it would be ideal if different views could be incorporated to reach the most coherent decision. This is a definition of concordance, a widely agreed id...

No decisions about me without me!

“No decision about me without me” in the context of cancer multidisciplinary team meetings: a qualitative interview study

BACKGROUND Cancer care is commonly managed by multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) who meet to discuss and agree treatment for individual patients. Patients do not attend MDT meetings but recommendations for treatments made in the meetings directly influence the decision-making process between patients and their responsible clinician. No research to-date has considered patient perspectives (or unders...

“Nothing About Me Without Me”: New Perspectives on Case Reports

Case report This issue of Global Advances in Health and Medicine offers three perspectives on the treatment of a patient diagnosed with breast cancer, including the patient’s perspective. Hopefully, this will become more common. These perspectives offer a snapshot summary of 5 years of treatments and follow-up visits and provide insight into the choices that shaped the outcomes for this patient...

Healthcare in a land called PeoplePower: nothing about me without me.

In a 5-day retreat at a Salzburg Seminar attended by 64 individuals from 29 countries, teams of health professionals, patient advocates, artists, reporters and social scientists adopted the guiding principle of 'nothing about me without me' and created the country of PeoplePower. Designed to shift health care from 'biomedicine' to 'infomedicine', patients and health workers throughout PeoplePow...