Paternalism or partnership? Patients have grown up-and there's no going back.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

138 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Empowering patient choice: a systematic review of decision aids for benign prostatic hyperplasia.BJU international · 2025
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2. Interventions for Indigenous Peoples making health decisions: a systematic review.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023
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3. Can electronic assessment tools improve the process of shared decision-making? A systematic review.Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia · 2023
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4. Do interventions designed to support shared decision-making reduce health inequalities? A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2014
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5. The role of lay health workers in pediatric chronic disease: a systematic review.Academic pediatrics
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6. Ethical and methodological challenges slowing progress in primary care-based suicide prevention: Illustrations from a randomized controlled trial and guidance for future research.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022
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7. Nocebo effects by providing informed consent in shared decision making? Not necessarily: a randomized pilot-trial using an open-label placebo approach.BMC medical ethics · 2020
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8. 'They leave at least believing they had a part in the discussion': understanding decision aid use and patient-clinician decision-making through qualitative research.Patient education and counseling · 2013
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9. Two decision aids for mode of delivery among women with previous caesarean section: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2007
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10. [Making a decision about hormone replacement therapy. A randomized controlled trial].Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2001
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11. Randomised trial of personalised computer based information for patients with schizophrenia.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
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12. Stakeholder Perspectives on Power Transfer During Implementation of Psychiatric Self-Admission in Scandinavia: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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13. The development and evaluation of the Patient-Controlled Admission Fidelity Checklist.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026
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14. Comparing the Effectiveness of Online and Face-to-Face Teaching for Medical Students in Shared Decision-Making Communication Skills Training.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025
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15. Facilitators and Barriers to Shared Decision-Making Communication Between Latina Mothers and Pediatric Mental Healthcare Providers.Health communication · 2025
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16. Bidirectional referral system between National Taiwan University Hospital medical center and Zhongxiao Branch community hospital of Taipei City Hospital: focus on patient satisfaction.Scientific reports · 2023
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17. Shared decision making: a personal view from two kidney doctors and a patient.Clinical kidney journal · 2023
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18. Radiotherapy refusal in breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2023
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19. Internet Use for Obtaining Medicine Information: Cross-sectional Survey.JMIR formative research · 2023
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20. Clinician motivational interviewing skills in 'simulated' and 'real-life' consultations differ and show predictive validity for 'real life' client change talk under differing integrity thresholds.PeerJ · 2023
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78 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

Corrections and comments

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  Partnership with patients. Modern antipaternalism needs to be invigorated.2000
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  Partnership with patients. Teamwork is necessary.2000
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  Partnership with patients. Family doctors are part of team.2000
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  Partnership with patients. Doctors in Egypt deal with patients in their own way.2000
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  Partnership in patients. Perspectives must be reconciled.2000
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  Partnership with patients. Local communities have role in influencing health policy.2000
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  A theme issue for medics and an increasingly health informed public.2002
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  Framework for teaching and learning informed shared decision making.1999
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  Helping patients access high quality health information.1999
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  Towards a feasible model for shared decision making: focus group study with general practice registrars.1999
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  Quality at general practice consultations: cross sectional survey.1999
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  Decision aids for patients facing health treatment or screening decisions: systematic review.1999

Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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