What kind of society/ world do you want to live in?

A world where social control is more powerful than the law?

What patterns of accommodation and paternalism have to be broken before change can occur?

#weneedchange #endcapitalism #autonomy #SharedDecisionMaking #ethicaldecisions #PurposePridePatiencePersistenceandPerspective

https://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/3016/1/Oghe%20Writers%20The%20five%20P%27s%20of%20Ethical%20Power.pdf

This brief underscores a core mental-health consideration: the tension between expert guidance and patient agency in recovery contexts. Recognizing how individuals oscillate between seeking direction and seeking autonomy can illuminate approaches to support, empowerment, and shared decision-making in care planning for clients facing neurological or traumatic challenges.

Two salient angles for practice include: understanding patient responses to uncertainty in hospital settings and appreciating the impact of social dynamics—trust in expertise versus self-efficacy—on engagement with rehabilitation. These themes can inform strategies to foster collaboration, validate lived experience, and tailor communication in multidisciplinary teams.

Article Title: Opinion: What Alexis de Tocqueville taught me about recovering from a brain injury

Link to STAT NEWS Mental Health Article: https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/04/medicine-experts-tbi-de-tocqueville-brain-democracy-hospital/?utm_campaign=rss

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#BrainInjury #PatientEmpowerment #SharedDecisionMaking #NeuroRehabilitation #MentalHealthPolicy

What Alexis de Tocqueville taught me about recovering from a brain injury

When we are ill, we need expertise more than ever, yet our agency feels fragile. The best clinicians recognize this, a patient writes.

STAT

#Lupus and LupusNephritis (LN) can be diagnosed TOGETHER for as many as 30% of lupus patients. As many as 60% of Lupus #SLE patients will see kidney impact.

YOU deserve better!

Ask your provider for treatments leading to #lupusremission as outlined by the American College of Rheumatology. #shareddecisionmaking.

Df. "clinical #equipoise describes a situation of evidentiary uncertainty among experts"

Opel et al. argue such equipoise is neither necessary nor sufficient for #SharedDecisionMaking.

Rather SDM is most useful where tradeoffs between options are KNOWN.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09410-z

#medicine #decisionScience #bioethics #epistemology #philosophyOfScience #socialPsychology #edu #SciComm

Gamechanger für mehr #Patientensicherheit! #Patientenportale stellen in der modernen #Gesundheitsversorgung einen signifikanten Game Changer dar, insbesondere in Bezug auf die Patientensicherheit, aber auch beim #SharedDecisionMaking. https://www.krankenhaus-it.de/item.3527/gamechanger-fuer-mehr-patientensicherheit.html
Gamechanger für mehr Patientensicherheit! - Special Patientenportale Patientenportal-News - Publisher - Krankenhaus-IT Journal Online

Patientenportale stellen in der modernen Gesundheits versorgung einen signifikanten Game Changer dar, insbesondere in Bezug auf die Patientensicherheit. Diese digitalen Plattformen bieten nicht nur die Möglichkeit, die Qualität der Patientenversorgung zu verbessern, sondern spielen auch eine zentrale Rolle bei der Gewährleistung einer höheren Sicherheit für Patienten. Die Einführung von Patientenportalen in das Gesundheitswesen repräsentiert einen kritischen und längst fälligen Schritt in Richtung fortschrittlicher medizinischer Versorgung.

Kann #SharedDecisionMaking dazu beitragen, dass Frauen sich bei der Entscheidung, ob sie an einer #Brustkrebsfrüherkennungsuntersuchung teilnehmen sollen, zufriedener, sicherer und sachkundiger fühlen? #CochraneReview: https://buff.ly/3zicBZA

@bicmay
#relativerisk may be great for getting publicity for trials but it sucks for advising patients for #shareddecisionmaking in #primarycare

I skimmed the paper and couldn't find absolute risk for mortaility with and without #paxlovid , nevermind #nnt

#covid

Hi! Does anyone know of any nice #ImplementationScience or #SharedDecisionMaking #conferences ? Trying to make a good list of conferences to attend during my PhD trajectory:)

Boost = very sweet of you ❤️

Shared decision-making: The standard of care we need

As the decisions that patients have to make about their health involve a plethora of nuanced questions, leveraging shared decision-making can ensure that physician recommendations are balanced with patient preferences and values.

🚨 CAREER UPDATE 🚨

I've been accepted to pursue a #PhD in the lovely city of #Maastricht at the #Maastro radiation therapy centre! Upcoming years, I'll be diving into the world of #ImplementationScience and #SharedDecisionMaking in the clinical setting.

As I still have a lot to learn about #SharedDecisionMaking , I'd love to get to know some people in the field, so let's connect! Besides my #PhD topic, I'm also very excited to talk about #HealthPromotion #HealthEquity and #QueerScience :)