SDM is facilitated by patient decision aids and decision coaching to support decision making that is shared between health care provider(s) and client. Patient decision aids can facilitate the sharing of information and can contribute to helping the client make preference sensitive decisions by informing the client of the benefits and harms of care options. Patient decision aids are booklets, videos, or online tools that complement practitioner counseling; they have been found to increase people’s involvement in making more informed and value-based care decisions. Although there are over 300 publicly available decision aids, there is much overlap on topics and there remain many decisions for which patient decision aids have not yet been developed. In addition, none of these decision aids have been deemed culturally appropriate or defined as adequate for all
Aboriginal populations.