Participating in a cancer clinical trial? The balancing of options in the loneliness of autonomy: A grounded theory interview study

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Madsen, S M ^a,d   Holm, S ^b,c   Riis, P ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33847023546     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860600911164     Document Type: Article

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