Author ORCID Identifier
Michael Arnold Mages: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-9221
Abstract
In designed medical decision aids, supporting contraception decision-making is typically approached as supporting choice-making via the examination of features and benefits of the various contraceptive methods. In this paper, we examine the relevant goals of the immediate actors: personal goals of the patient and physician as well as the goals of the public health system. We argue that rather than supporting a single choice, that designing for contraception decision-making is best re-framed as supporting iterative attunement between the patient’s values, body and a contraceptive regimen.
Keywords
contraception, decision aid, mobile technology
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.110
Citation
Arnold Mages, M., Lin, J., and Xu, A. (2020) Attuning Contraception Choice and Patient Values, in Boess, S., Cheung, M. and Cain, R. (eds.), Synergy - DRS International Conference 2020, 11-14 August, Held online. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.110
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Attuning Contraception Choice and Patient Values
In designed medical decision aids, supporting contraception decision-making is typically approached as supporting choice-making via the examination of features and benefits of the various contraceptive methods. In this paper, we examine the relevant goals of the immediate actors: personal goals of the patient and physician as well as the goals of the public health system. We argue that rather than supporting a single choice, that designing for contraception decision-making is best re-framed as supporting iterative attunement between the patient’s values, body and a contraceptive regimen.