ABOUT INFORMED DECISION-MAKING

What is the goal of collaboration?
Why should you make decisions about your health care?
Why is the patient at the center?

The Goal of Collaboration

This book is provided to help you make an informed decision about your health care. It is an essential part of a patient-centered approach to medicine, called collaboration, in which the health care team (physicians, nurses and technicians), the health care institutions (hospitals, insurance companies, etc.) and the patient’s family all work toward achieving the best possible recovery for the patient.

Why the Patient is at the Center

Experience has shown that patients who are given the opportunity to make decisions about their own health care have less anxiety before their surgery and recover more quickly after their surgery. Recognize that you have a right and a responsibility to participate in the decisions involving your health care.

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