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Showing posts with label decision making. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decision making. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

paywalled: Preferences for outcomes associated with decisions to undergo or forego genetic testing for Lynch syndrome

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Preferences for outcomes associated with decisions to undergo or forego genetic testing for Lynch syndrome Abstract BACKGROUND: ...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012

PLoS ONE: Citizen Participation in Patient Prioritization Policy Decisions: An Empirical and Experimental Study on Patients' Characteristics

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PLoS ONE: Citizen Participation in Patient Prioritization Policy Decisions: An Empirical and Experimental Study on Patients' Characteris...
Thursday, April 05, 2012

abstract: Follow-up of carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants of unknown significance: variant reclassification and surgical decisions.

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Blogger's Note: while this article is specific to BRCA 1/2 it also would apply to other genetic syndromes eg. Lynch Syndrome, Peutz - J...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

open access: Shared Decision Making — The Pinnacle of Patient-Centered Care — NEJM

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Nothing about me without me. — Valerie Billingham, Through the Patient's Eyes, Salzburg Seminar Session 356, 1998 "Caring an...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Do patients always get all of the information they need from their MD?

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Do patients always get all of the information they need from their physician? Posted by Gary Schwitzer in ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

abstract: Involvement in decision-making about treatment and ovarian cancer survivor quality of life

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Highlights ► Involvement in decision-making about ovarian cancer treatment is associated with better mental and emotional health relat...
Friday, January 13, 2012

The impact of patient and public involvement on UK NHS health care: a systematic review

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Study selection UK studies from 1997 to 2009 which included service user involvement in NHS healthcare services. ...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Courts, Futility, and the Ends of Medicine, January 11, 2012, White and Pope 307 (2): 151 — JAMA

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Blogger's Note: full access requires subscription ($$$)
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Doctor and Patient: Making Tough Medical Choices - NYTimes.com

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

P\S\L - News: CA-125 Monitoring Fails to Make Decisions Easier for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer: Presented at NCCN

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Thursday, September 09, 2010

Cancer Patients' Roles in Treatment Decisions: Do Characteristics of the Decision Influence Roles? — JCO (when no 'evidence' exists

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Cancer Patients' Roles in Treatment Decisions: Do Characteristics of the Decision Influence Roles? JCO

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Purpose Patients with more active roles in decisions are more satisfied and may have better health outcomes. Younger and better educated ...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

free full access: Preferred and actual participation roles during health care decision making in persons with cancer: a systematic review University

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Note: gynecologic cancers included as one cancer (not broken down in chart) table 1:     Preferred role versus actual or perceived role i...
Thursday, June 03, 2010

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

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Abstract OBJECTIVE: This research explores the treatment decision-making (TDM) experiences of women with recurrent ovarian cancer (ROC) wi...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Attitudes Toward Information About Genetic Risk for Cognitive Impairment After Cancer Chemotherapy: Breast Cancer Survivors Compared With Healthy Controls

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Conclusion Results suggest lessened enthusiasm for genetic information that maintains or increases uncertainty about a specific course of ...
Friday, May 14, 2010

full free access: Hope and Noncurative Chemotherapies: Which Affects the Other? Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Note : references ovarian cancer, factors involved in treatment related decision making "We still do not fully understand the concept ...