Goal setting is insufficiently recognised as an essential part of shared decision-making in the complex care of older patients: a framework analysis

摘要

BackgroundMultimorbidity poses a challenge for decision-making processes and requires that more attention is paid to patient goals, preferences and needs; however, goal setting is not yet widely recognised as a core aspect of the shared decision-making (SDM) approach. This study aims to analyse clinician perceptions of the concept of goal setting within the context of SDM with older patients with multimorbidity.