Presenting treatment options in breast cancer consultations: Advice and consent in Italian medical care

Marilena Fatigante, John Heritage, Francesca Alby and Cristina Zucchermaglio

Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 266, issue C

Abstract: Variety, complexity and uncertainty in the therapy outcomes of cancer illness make the treatment recommendation (TR) in oncology a “monumentally difficult task”. Previous studies have distinguished unilateral and bilateral formats of treatment recommendations, accordingly to whether, or to what extent, the patient's perspective is included in the consideration of therapeutic options. Others have also shown how the oncologists' presentation of therapeutic options varied accordingly to the severity of the diagnosis and the availability of alternatives. Yet, no study has systemically dentified and compared components of treatment recommendation in oncology on a common set of patients and clinicians.

Keywords: Italy; Oncology; Treatment recommendations; Breast cancer therapies; Informed consent; Patient-centered communication; Breast cancer; Conversation analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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