Search Results - "Tattersall, M H"

Estimating survival in advanced cancer: a comparison of estimates made by oncologists and patients by Smith-Uffen, M. E. S., Johnson, S. B., Martin, A. J., Tattersall, M. H. N., Stockler, M. R., Bell, M. L., Detering, K., Clayton, J. M., Silvester, W., Clarke, S., Vaccaro, L., Beale, P., Kiely, B. E.

“…Purpose To compare estimates of expected survival time (EST) made by patients with advanced cancer and their oncologists. Methods At enrolment patients…”
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Communicating prognosis in cancer care: a systematic review of the literature by Hagerty, R. G., Butow, P. N., Ellis, P. M., Dimitry, S., Tattersall, M. H. N.

“…Prognosis is an issue that most doctors and patients describe as difficult to discuss and the best way of presenting prognostic information to optimise patient…”
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Using scenarios to explain life expectancy in advanced cancer: attitudes of people with a cancer experience by Kiely, B. E., McCaughan, G., Christodoulou, S., Beale, P. J., Grimison, P., Trotman, J., Tattersall, M. H. N., Stockler, M. R.

“…Purpose We sought the attitudes of people with a cancer experience to using best case, worst case, and typical scenarios for survival to explain life…”
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Psychological responses of patients receiving a diagnosis of cancer by Schofield, P. E., Butow, P. N., Thompson, J. F., Tattersall, M. H. N., Beeney, L. J., Dunn, S. M.

“…Background: Current recommendations on how to break bad news are primarily based on expert opinion. Little is known about the association between communication…”
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Correction: Chemotherapy with radiotherapy influences time-to-development of radiation-induced sarcomas: a multicenter study by Zhang, A. Y., Judson, I., Benson, C., Wunder, J. S., Ray-Coquard, I., Grimer, R. J., Quek, R., Wong, E., Miah, A. B., Ferguson, P. C., Dufresne, A., Teh, J. Y. H., Stockler, M., Tattersall, M. H. N.

“…Since the publication of this paper, the authors noticed an error in Fig. 1. The X-axis on all the figure panels should read ‘Time (years)’, not ‘Time…”
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Promoting patient participation and shortening cancer consultations: a randomised trial by BROWN, R. F, BUTOW, P. N, DUNN, S. M, TATTERSALL, M. H. N

“…Patient participation in medical consultations has been demonstrated to benefit their subsequent psychological well being. Question asking is one way in which…”
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Estimating typical, best-case and worst-case life expectancy scenarios for patients starting chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: A systematic review of contemporary randomized trials by Kiely, B.E, Alam, M, Blinman, P, Tattersall, M.H.N, Stockler, M.R

“…Abstract Introduction We sought to estimate life expectancy scenarios for patients starting chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)…”
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An examination of the initial cancer consultation of medical and radiation oncologists using the Cancode interaction analysis system by Dimoska, A, Butow, P N, Dent, E, Arnold, B, Brown, R F, Tattersall, M H N

“…This study provides an analysis of the structure of the initial cancer consultation, the consultation styles of medical and radiation oncologists, and their…”
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Impact of a cancer clinical trials web site on discussions about trial participation: a cluster randomized trial by Dear, R.F., Barratt, A.L., Askie, L.M., Butow, P.N., McGeechan, K., Crossing, S., Currow, D.C., Tattersall, M.H.N

“…Cancer patients want access to reliable information about currently recruiting clinical trials. Oncologists and their patients were randomly assigned to access…”
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The context influences doctors' support of shared decision-making in cancer care by SHEPHERD, H. L, TATTERSALL, M. H. N, BUTOW, P. N

“…Most cancer patients in westernised countries now want all information about their situation, good or bad, and many wish to be involved in decision-making. The…”
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Enhancing treatment decision-making: pilot study of a treatment decision aid in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer by Leighl, N B, Shepherd, F A, Zawisza, D, Burkes, R L, Feld, R, Waldron, J, Sun, A, Payne, D, Bezjak, A, Tattersall, M H N

“…We developed a decision aid (DA) for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), to better inform patients of their prognosis and treatment…”
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The dynamics of change: Cancer patients' preferences for information, involvement and support by Butow, P. N., Maclean, M., Dunn, S. M., Tattersall, M. H. N., Boyer, M. J.

“…Background: While the importance of providmg individualised communication to cancer patients is now well recognised, little is known about the stability and…”
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Promoting patient participation in the cancer consultation: evaluation of a prompt sheet and coaching in question-asking by BROWN, R, BUTOW, P. N, BOYER, M. J, TATTERSALL, M. H. N

“…Active participation in the medical consultation has been demonstrated to benefit aspects of patients' subsequent psychological well-being. We investigated two…”
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Physician–patient–companion communication and decision-making: A systematic review of triadic medical consultations by Laidsaar-Powell, R.C, Butow, P.N, Bu, S, Charles, C, Gafni, A, Lam, W.W.T, Jansen, J, McCaffery, K.J, Shepherd, H.L, Tattersall, M.H.N, Juraskova, I

“…Abstract Objective To systematically review quantitative and qualitative studies exploring physician–adult patient–adult companion (triadic) communication…”
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On the receiving end V: Patient perceptions of the side effects of cancer chemotherapy in 1993 by Griffin, A. M., Butow, P. N., Coates, A. S., Childs, A. M., Ellis, P. M., Dunn, S. M., Tattersall, M. H. N.

“…Summary Background: A study conducted in 1983 to identify and rank the symptoms experienced by patients receiving cancer chemotherapy reported that vomiting…”
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Misunderstanding in cancer patients: Why shoot the messenger? by Gattellari, M., Butow, P. N., Tattersall, M. H. N., Dunn, S. M., MacLeod, C. A.

“…Aim: We aimed to document the prevalence of misunderstanding in cancer patients and investigate whether patient denial is related to misunderstanding. Patients…”
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Hearing the bad news of a cancer diagnosis: The Australian melanoma patient's perspective by Schofield, P. E., Beeney, L. J., Thompson, J. F., Butow, P. N., Tattersall, M. H. N., Dunn, S. M.

“…Summary Background: In the past, recommendations on how to break the bad news of a cancer diagnosis have been based on expert opinion. Recently,…”
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Informing breast cancer patients about clinical trials: a randomized clinical trial of an educational booklet by Ellis, P. M., Butow, P. N., Tattersall, M. H. N.

“…Background: To evaluate the impact of an educational booklet on women’s knowledge of and willingness to participate in a randomized clinical trial of treatment…”
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Improving the letters we write: an exploration of doctor-doctor communication in cancer care by MCCONNELL, D, BUTOW, P. N, TATTERSALL, M. H. N

“…Referral and reply letters are common means by which doctors exchange information pertinent to patient care. Twenty-eight semi-structured interviews were…”
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Chemotherapy with radiotherapy influences time-to-development of radiation-induced sarcomas: a multicenter study by Zhang, A Y, Judson, I, Benson, C, Wunder, J S, Ray-Coquard, I, Grimer, R J, Quek, R, Wong, E, Miah, A B, Ferguson, P C, Dufresne, A, Teh, J Y H, Stockler, M, Tattersall, M H N

“…Background: An increasing number and proportion of cancer patients with apparently localised disease are treated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy in…”
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