Background Current clinical guidelines and national policy in England support offering ‘low risk’ women a choice of birth setting. Options include: home, free-standing midwifery...

Background The scenario technique is a method for future research and for strategic planning. Today, it includes both qualitative and quantitative elements. The aims of this...

Background Eye tracking is commonly used in marketing to understand complex responses to materials, but has not been used to understand how low-literacy adults access health...

Background Characteristics of the physician influence the essential decision-making in end-of-life care. However, the effect of special education in palliative medicine on...

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group Health impact assessment (HIA) focuses on minimizing inequities when studying the...

Background This is the tenth in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare...

Background Women with breast cancer want to participate in treatment decision-making. Guidelines have confirmed the right of informed shared decision-making. However, previous...

Objective To describe a framework for people making and using evidence-informed health system and public health recommendations and decisions. Background We developed the GRADE...

Background The involvement of people with psychosocial disabilities in decision-making is a fundamental component of a person-centred and recovery-oriented model of care, but...

Background Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) is an alternative option for women who have had a previous caesarean section (CS); however, uptake is limited because of concern...

Background It is challenging to use shared decision-making with patients who have a chronic health condition or, especially, multimorbidity. A patient-goal-oriented approach can...

Objective Abstract Dementia and other chronic conditions can compromise a person’s ability to make independent personal and financial decisions. In the wake of an ageing...

Background This is the second in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare...

Background This is the ninth in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare...

Background This is the third in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare...

Background This study aimed to identify barriers and enablers for dentists managing non-cavitated proximal caries lesions using non- or micro-invasive (NI/MI) approaches rather...

Background This is the fourth in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare...

Background This is the final paper in a thematic series reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare...

Background We have examined healthcare staff attitudes of toward a blogging cancer patient who publishes critical posts about her treatment and their possible effect on...

Background Medical decision-making is critical to patient survival and well-being. Patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) are faced with incrementally complex...