OAM, FAHMS, FOTARA, PhD, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Qld
Expectations of antibiotics may reflect a desire for symptomatic treatment, lack of awareness of other options or previous experience.
How should GPs and patients prioritise which preventive health activities to undertake?
The aim of this article is to explore when and how to use shared decision making in consultations, and to increase awareness of the role of simple tools to support it.