Oxford Textbook of Shared Decision Making in Healthcare

Glyn Elwyn is a clinician and researcher. He is a tenured professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in the USA, and has visiting chairs at Radboud University Nijmegen, University College London, UK, and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. He studies coproduction and shared decision making in the context of learning health care systems, and the application of machine learning to digital recordings of clinical encounters.

Natalie Joseph-Williams is a Reader in Improving Patient Care at Cardiff University, UK. She is also a Board member and Scientific Lead for the International Shared Decision Making Society. Her specific research interests include implementation of person centred approaches in routine healthcare systems, patient and public involvement and engagement in health research, and shared decision making training for health and care professionals.

Adrian Edwards is Professor of General Practice at Cardiff University, UK. He is also a part-time general practitioner in Cwmbran, Gwent, South Wales, and has a visiting professorship at Aarhus University, Denmark. His research interests have been in shared decision making and the development of decision aids, health literacy and self-management support.