The challenges and opportunities for shared decision making highlighted by COVID-19.

Elissa M Abrams; Marcus Shaker; John Oppenheimer; Ray S Davis; Don A Bukstein; Matthew Greenhawt

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The challenges and opportunities for shared decision making highlighted by COVID-19.

August 12, 2020

Abrams EM, Shaker M, Oppenheimer J, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020;8(8):2474-2480.e1.

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This article discusses the challenges COVID-19 poses for shared decision making (such as physical distancing and health service reallocation, communicating uncertainty, delivering allergy/immunology care) and opportunities to evolve incorporation of shared decision making into clinical practice during and after the pandemic.

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