Power imbalance prevents shared decision making

@article{JosephWilliams2014PowerIP,
  title={Power imbalance prevents shared decision making},
  author={Natalie Joseph-Williams and Adrian G. K. Edwards and Glyn Elwyn},
  journal={BMJ : British Medical Journal},
  year={2014},
  volume={348}
}
Providing information is not enough to enable shared decision making, argue Natalie Joseph-Williams and colleagues. Action is required to change the attitudes of both patients and doctors 
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