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2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shared decision making in breast cancer patients is evaluated.
"This qualitative study examines doctor-patient interactions and interviews with breast cancer patients referring to shared decision making," researchers in Germany report.
"The interviews have been evaluated according to the method of grounded theory. Videos of doctor-patient interactions show information and discussions on therapy planning," wrote C. Caspari and colleagues, Klinikum University of Munchen.
"Breast cancer is a serious, in many cases life-threatening disease. The primary therapy is characterized by confrontation with the diagnosis, fear and hope of the patients and the subsequent treatment. Central themes of the article are the context and implicit assumptions of doctors influencing the ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Shared decision making in breast cancer patients is evaluated.