Shared decision-making in Latin America

Abstract

In developing countries where citizen participation in democratic, institutional, or judicial decisions is weak and subject to various barriers, most of them of educational nature, pretending that patients take control of their destiny in the face of the uncertainties that come with an acute or chronic condition is not as simple as it may seem.

Keywords

• shared-decision making
• doctor-patient relationship
• latin america
• decisiones compartidas
• reumatologia