11. The Case Against Shared Decision-Making

Tags: Health

06/16/2018 Michel Accad, MD Anish Koka

Shared decision-making (SDM) has become a sacred cow of medical ethics almost overnight. What’s more, doctors are now being forced to practice it in order to get paid for certain procedures. Anish Koka and Michel Accad review the history of this concept and why it is contrary to a sound doctor-patient relationship.

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