Medical expertise and patient involvement: Amultiperspective qualitative observation study of the patient's role in oncological decision making

Oncologist

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 654-660

  Salloch, Sabine ^a   Ritter, Peter ^b   Wäscher, Sebastian ^a   Vollmann, Jochen ^a   Schildmann, Jan ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Medical Department II Hellmig Hospital Kamen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Observation; Patient participation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; NURSING EXPERTISE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84901929625     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0268     Document Type: Article

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