Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi
1*1 Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada AND Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation, Research Axis of Population Health and Practice-Changing Research, CHU de Québec, Université Laval Research Centre, Saint-François-d'Assise Hospital
Abstract
Shared decision making (SDM) is a systematic procedure by which patients and health care professionals collaborate to make informed value-congruent decisions. During the procedure, patients are empowered to make decisions based on accurate evidence-based information and what matters most to them. In spite of its importance and proven benefits in different countries, its implementation in Iran is absent. Here, I will give a brief introduction on SDM with some directions for its implementation in Iran.