My teenage daughter needs to start seeing specialists for her chronic condition, but every time we try to prepare for appointments together she shuts down or gets angry. I don't know how much to push for her to be involved in her own medical decisions versus just handling it myself.
More people experience this than they realize.
The transition to shared medical decision-making can trigger power struggles that interfere with the very health conversations that matter most.
“Where Are You with Preparing for medical encounters?”
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