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Shared decision-making and the lessons learned about decision regret in cancer patients

2022; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 30; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s00520-021-06725-5

1433-7339

Mariam Chichua, Eleonora Brivio, Davide Mazzoni, Gabriella Pravettoni,

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

The commentary presents reflections on the literature on post-treatment cancer patient regret. Even though a lot of effort has been made to increase patient satisfaction by engaging them in medical decisions, patient regret remains present in clinical settings. In our commentary, we identify three main aspects of shared decision-making that previously have been shown to predict patient regret. Based on these findings, we provide recommendations for physicians involved in the shared decision-making process. In addition, we make methodological suggestions for future research in the field.