Shared Decision Making

It’s your duty to participate in making a diagnosis and treatment plan when your cat is sick.

Published: January 24, 2023

bigstock--185895559 — © RossHelen | Bigstock Ideally, you and the vet are working on your cat’s diagnosis and treatment plan together.

In human medicine there is a term called “shared decision making.” It means that the patient is provided with the best available evidence about a medical situation and is encouraged to weigh in on the diagnostic and treatment options instead of leaving all the decisions to be made by the physician in top-down fashion. We […]