The medical practice of patient autonomy and cancer treatment refusals: A patients' and physicians' perspective

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2325-2336

  Van Kleffens, Titia ^a   Van Baarsen, Berna ^a   Van Leeuwen, Evert ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical oncology; Decision making; Patient autonomy; Treatment refusal

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1642503918     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.08.027     Document Type: Article

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