'One also needs a bit of trust in the doctor...': A qualitative interview study with pancreatic cancer patients about their perceptions and views on information and treatment decision-making

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2444-2449

  Schildmann, J ^a   Ritter, P ^b   Salloch, S ^a   Uhl, W ^c   Vollmann, J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

End of life; Informed consent; Medical ethics; Pancreatic cancer; Treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WELLBEING;

END OF LIFE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PANCREATIC CANCER; TREATMENT DECISION-MAKING;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 84883392800     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt193     Document Type: Article

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