Our Research

At CBDSM, we perform the basic and applied scientific research that will increase healthy behavior and improve health care decision making. We see this as the final step in translating medical advances into health care practice. CBDSM researchers have been pursuing groundbreaking investigations on such topics as doctor-patient communication, psychological adaptation to disability, health care rationing, social cognition, decision aids to communicate risk, informed consent, and many more.

In this section of our website you can find scholarly publications by our investigators, information about our research groups, and press reports about CBDSM research.

Research News

• Diabetes Disagreements

  Brian Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, is the senior author on a study led by Donna M. Zulman, MD, that reveals about a third of doctors and their patients with diabetes do not agree on which of the patient's health conditions is most important...
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  More Research News Brian Zikmund-Fisher Diabetes Doctor-patient communication Prioritization of health concerns

• The Cost of Cancer Treatments

  The vast majority of oncologists (84%) say that they consider costs to the patient when recommending cancer treatments. But fewer than half of oncologists frequently discuss cost issues with their patients. These are some of the results ...
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  More Research News Peter Ubel Cancer - other Doctor-patient communication Healthcare rationing Healthcare policy

• New Bioethics Book by Scott Kim

  Oxford University Press has published Evaluation of Capacity to Consent to Treatment and Research, by CBDSM's Scott Kim, MD, PhD. The book is part of the series Best Practices in Forensic Mental Health Assessment. For further information a...
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  More Research News Scott Kim Research ethics Impaired decision making