Supporting Patients and their Families to Make Informed Decisions

Competency of adolescents to make informed decisions.

in the private realm. Thus far, Canadians have chosen the ethical principle of distributive justice over that of autonomy as the foundation of their health care system. It will take a great deal of dedication and persistence from medicare’s supporters to keep this foundation from crumbling. A meaningful and accurate understanding of waiting lists that is transparent to physicians, patients and ...

MyBus: Helping Bus Riders Make Informed Decisions

traveler information. The initiative focuses on real-time information to help travelers make informed decisions about their travel options. The Smart Trek project has brought about a variety of real-time transit information applications. One of these is MyBus, which makes departure predictions and delivers traveler information to Web browsers and cell phones. MyBus aims to present to riders, in...

Should families make health care decisions?

The doctrine of informed consent: protecting the patient's right to make informed health care decisions.

Providers tried to help patients and families make realistic end of life decisions.

Norton SA, Bowers BJ. Working toward consensus: providers' strategies to shift patients from curative to palliative treatment choices. QUESTION: What are the strategies used by providers to assist terminally ill patients and their families in shifting from curative to palliative treatment choices? Design Grounded theory. Participants 10 nurses and 5 physicians (12 women and 3 men) who were work...