“I don’t know exactly what you’re referring to”: the challenge of values elicitation in decision making for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Purpose Patients’ values are a key component of patient-centered care and shared decision making in health care organizations. There is limited understanding on how patients’ values guide their health related decision making or how patients understand the concept of values during these processes. This study investigated patients’ understanding of their values in the context of considering the risks/benefits of receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).