scholarly journals How oncologists communicate information to women with recurrent ovarian cancer in the context of treatment decision making in the medical encounter

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1066-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine M. Elit ◽  
Cathy Charles ◽  
Amiram Gafni ◽  
Jennifer Ranford ◽  
Sara Tedford-Gold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Recurrent Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Medical Encounter ◽  
Treatment Decision Making

Oncologists’ Perceptions of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Patients’ Preference for Participation in Treatment Decision Making and Strategies for When and How to Involve Patients in This Process

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1717-1723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Elit ◽  
Cathy A. Charles ◽  
Amiram Gafni
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Recurrent Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Medical Encounter ◽  
Treatment Decision Making ◽  
Medical Oncologists ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach

ObjectivesThe treatment decision-making (TDM) process in the medical encounter in ovarian cancer (OC) is directed by oncologists. There is little information on oncologists’ perceptions of this process. Our objectives were to explore oncologists’ perceptions concerning (1) patients’ preference for involvement in TDM, (2) factors that affect when to introduce this discussion, and (3) strategies used for engaging women in TDM.MethodsWe adopted a qualitative descriptive approach. Individual in-person interviews were used to collect data; themes were identified.ResultsFifteen gynecologic and 5 medical oncologists from Ontario, Canada, participated. We found that oncologists made the assumption that women with recurrent OC were interested in being involved in TDM but rarely reported attempting to validate this assumption. The oncologists timed the initiation of the TDM discussion based on their degree of certainty of recurrent OC and their perception of the patient’s readiness to be involved in TDM. Oncologists reported using strategies to engage women such as getting the women to take ownership of the decision, verbalize their priorities, lead the discussions, and giving the opportunity to gather information.ConclusionsOncologists need to listen to each patient rather than make assumptions about the person based on her disease.

It's a choice to move forward: women's perceptions about treatment decision making in recurrent ovarian cancer

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Elit ◽  
C. Charles ◽  
S. Dimitry ◽  
S. Tedford-Gold ◽  
A. Gafni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Recurrent Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Treatment Decision Making ◽  
Women’S Perceptions

Erratum to “Women’s perceptions about treatment decision making for ovarian cancer”

2003 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
L. Elit ◽  
C. Charles ◽  
I. Gold ◽  
A. Gafni ◽  
S. Farrell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Treatment Decision Making ◽  
Women’S Perceptions

Women’s perceptions about treatment decision making for ovarian cancer

2003 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Elit ◽  
C Charles ◽  
I Gold ◽  
A Gafni ◽  
S Farrell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Treatment Decision Making ◽  
Women’S Perceptions
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