CollaborativeCare.net is an
online service of the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making and
Health Dialog. CollaborativeCare.net supports individuals in working with their
healthcare providers to make decisions that are best for them. Collaborative
Care is based on the Foundation's Shared Decision-Making® concept. It helps
people become informed about their medical options, understand the tradeoffs of
the choices, and work effectively with their doctors to make decisions.
CollaborativeCare.net currently features decision aids for women with breast
cancer and information for men deciding whether to have a prostate- specific
antigen (PSA) test.
Health Dialog and the Foundation are committed to helping women with breast
cancer get the decision support they need to make treatment choices that
are right for them. At the CollaborativeCare.net Breast Cancer Center, you will
find evidence-based information relevant to decisions about surgery,
chemotherapy and hormone therapy, reconstruction, DCIS, and early stage breast
cancer.
On the PSA Decision page, you will find information on ordering a Shared
Decision-Making® video program entitled "Is a PSA Test Right for You?" This
program provides unbiased information about testing for prostate cancer. A
Consumer Reports review of this program found it to be "balanced, objective,
and useful to men making a decision about whether to undergo prostate-cancer
screening."
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