Negotiating decisions on aggressive cancer care at end-of-life between patients, family members, and physicians – A qualitative interview study

Negotiating decisions on aggressive cancer care at end-of-life between patients, family members, and physicians – A qualitative interview study

BackgroundPatients with advanced cancer do receive increasingly aggressive end-of-life care, despite it does often not prolong survival time but entails decreased quality of life for patients. This qualitative study explores the unfolding of aggressive end-of-life care in clinical practice focusing...

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Main Authors: Markus W. Haun, Alina Wildenauer, Mechthild Hartmann, Caroline Bleyel, Nikolaus Becker, Dirk Jäger, Hans-Christoph Friederich, Justus Tönnies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
cancer
aggressiveness of care
decision regret
decision-making
end-of-life
chemotherapy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.870431/full

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