About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of shared decision making in clinical practice with Emma Doble from BMJ.

BMJ Best Practice is our clinical decision support resource. It is designed to help healthcare professionals make better informed clinical decisions. But such decisions should be made in partnership with patients - they should be shared decisions. To find out more about shared decision making, please do listen to this BMJ Best Practice podcast interview with Emma Doble, Patient and Public Strategy Editor at BMJ. Competing interests: None

People in this episode

Guest: Emma Doble

Topics covered

• shared decision making
• clinical decisions
• patient partnership
• healthcare professionals
• BMJ Best Practice

Keywords

• shared decision making
• clinical decision support
• healthcare
• patient involvement
• BMJ Best Practice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BMJ, BMJ Group

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