Dr M.A. van Stam (Marie-Anne)

Marie-Anne van Stam's research focuses on how people make health-related choices. For example, choices regarding treatments, vaccinations, sexual consent, or the use of contraception.

Questions related to her work include:

"How do young people communicate sexual consent?";
"How can the communication process between patients and professionals be optimized?";
"How can professionals deal with diversity in the background, preferences, and goals of patients/clients?";
"How can patients be more involved in the decision-making process?" (Shared decision-making); and
"How can we use Patient Reported Outcomes and Experience Measures (PROMs and PREMs) to optimize health-related decision-making processes?"