Knee replacement surgeries are skyrocketing. A new study highlights the role of communication and shared decision-making between doctors and patients in determining who gets knee replacements and other elective procedures. Elena Losina, HMS associate professor of orthopedic surgery and Jeffrey Katz, HMS professor of medicine, both of Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and Karen Sepucha, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, are quoted.
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