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Shared Decision Making White Paper

FIRST STEPS AND BEYOND: Incorporating Shared Decision Making in Massachusetts Mental Health Services

Shared decision-making has been defined as an interactive process in which physicians [providers] and patients [clients] simultaneously participate in all phases of the decision-making process and together negotiate a treatment to implement”.  It is now considered a cornerstone of recovery-oriented mental health services.

Shared Decision Making White Paper

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