Agreement between physicians and patients about what constitutes shared decision making

6065 Background: Involving patients in making decisions about their own care is increasingly desirable for patients with serious illness. Shared decision making is one such model, the attributes of which have been well defined (Charles et al., Soc Sci Med,1997,1999). However, it is unclear whether physicians and patients agree on what constitutes a SDM interaction. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 21 …