Theme: Shared Decision-Making

A physician’s thoughts for a parent who is afraid of making ‘a wrong decision.’

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A physician’s thoughts for a parent who is afraid of making ‘a wrong decision.’

Physician Dr. Kate Nelson, who specializes in parental decision-making, offers concrete suggestions to parents who are worried they may make a wrong decision in the face of uncertainty: talk about what you do know now in this moment; are there situations that would NOT be acceptable to you? What are you going to do with the information you will get with a test?