When a Patient Regrets Having Undergone a Carefully and Jointly Considered Treatment Plan, How Should Her Physician Respond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15746173 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luke V Selby (0000-0002-0202-9646, Ohio State University Hospital, corresponding author), Christopher T Aquina (0000-0002-7589-5561, Ohio State University Hospital), Timothy M Pawlik (0000-0002-7994-9870, The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | E352-357 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/amajethics.2020.352 |
| PMID | 32449649 |
| OpenAlex | W3020938409 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Shared decision making is best utilized when a decision is preference sensitive. However, a consequence of choosing between one of several reasonable options is decisional regret: wishing a different decision had been made. In this vignette, a patient chooses mastectomy to avoid radiotherapy. However, postoperatively, she regrets the more disfiguring operation and wishes she had picked the other option: lumpectomy and radiation. Although the physician might view decisional regret as a failure of shared decision making, the physician should reflect on the process by which the decision was made. If the patient's wishes and values were explored and the decision was made in keeping with those values, decisional regret should be viewed as a consequence of decision making, not necessarily as a failure of shared decision making
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |