Effect of advanced cancer patients’ awareness of disease status on treatment decisional conflicts and satisfaction during palliative chemotherapy: a Korean prospective cohort study

Purpose Our purpose was to evaluate the effect of cancer patients’ awareness of their incurable disease status on decisional conflict and satisfaction with treatment choice. Methods In this prospective cohort study, advanced cancer patients who were offered palliative chemotherapy completed question...

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Published in:	Supportive care in cancer Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 1309 - 1316
Main Authors:	Baek, Sun Kyung, Kim, Si-young, Heo, Dae Seog, Yun, Young Ho, Lee, Myung Kyung
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01-06-2012 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adult Aged Analysis Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use Awareness Cancer Cancer patients Care and treatment Chemotherapy Cohort Studies Decision Making Female Humans Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Neoplasms - drug therapy Neoplasms - pathology Neoplasms - psychology Nursing Nursing Research Oncology Original Article Pain Medicine Palliative care Palliative Care - methods Patient Satisfaction Perceptions Prospective Studies Rehabilitation Medicine Republic of Korea Surveys Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult Republic of Korea South Korea Patients’ awareness of incurable status Decision making Decisional conflicts and satisfaction Palliative chemotherapy
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