International SDM Implementation

SDM implementation in LDCT programmes varies substantially across countries. China is characterized as about a decade behind leading Western countries in making SDM a system-level expectation. In China, shared decision-making is described…

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SDM implementation in LDCT programmes varies substantially across countries. China is characterized as about a decade behind leading Western countries in making SDM a system-level expectation. In China, shared decision-making is described as minimally institutionalised and closer to enhanced informed consent than full SDM. Asian healthcare contexts require culturally tailored SDM because of physician authority norms, family-centred decision-making, and indirect communication styles.