Do bowel cancer patients participate in treatment decision-making? Findings from a qualitative study

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-175

  Sanders, Tom ^a   Skevington, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel cancer; Decision making; Information preferences; Patient choice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE CANCER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; COLON TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0141448978     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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