Cancer treatment decision-making processes for older patients with complex needs: A qualitative study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Bridges, Jackie ^a   Hughes, Jane ^a   Farrington, Naomi ^a   Richardson, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84960121593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009674     Document Type: Article

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