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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Performance Improvement & Customer Service > Shared Decision Making in the Patient Physician Relationship Shared Decision Making in the Patient-Physician Relationship: Challenges Facing Patients, Physicians, and Medical Institutions by Dennis J. Mazur, MD, PhD Hardcover, 334 pages, boxed edition ISBN: 0924674806 American College of Physician Executives September 2001 (click below for the very best currently available price for this title) This book examines the judicial and ethical framework surrounding the concept of informed consent in relationship to shared decision making.  You are offered: additional perspectives from the view of the sciences research findings the best methods for constructing and developing decision-support systems and more. Physician Executives, you may wish to consider purchasing a quantity of this primer for use with your compliance, quality improvement or risk management committee members and training efforts.  The author also develops what he called the "new informed consent" in which information sharing between patients and physicians is optimized. He discusses the history of informed consent and how it needs to be adapted to the changing health care environment that has been created by technology and cost containment measures. (info from the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go Back to Pages / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore