Telling their stories, telling our stories: Physicians' experiences with patients who decide to gorgo or stop treatment for cancer

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 428-441

  Madjar, Irena ^a   Kacen, Lea ^b   Ariad, Samuel ^c   Denham, Jim ^a  

^a Ben Gurion University of the Negev ^*  (Australia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Doctor patient interaction; Qualitative research; Refusal of treatment; Treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL VALUE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BELIEF; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34147112178     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306298806     Document Type: Article

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