Decision-making process in patients before entering phase III cancer clinical trials: A pilot study

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Huizinga, Gea A ^a   Sleijfer, Dirk Th ^a   Van De Wiel, Harry B M ^a   Van Der Graaf, Winette T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer clinical trial; Decision making; Patient participation; Patient preferences; Psycho oncology

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ALTERNATIVES; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CANCER; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROL GROUPS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; NETHERLANDS; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SURVEY; THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH; TOXICITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; COMPREHENSION; CONTROL GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION;

EID: 0032801943     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199904000-00003     Document Type: Article

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