Attitudes towards family involvement in cancer treatment decision making: The perspectives of patients, family caregivers, and their oncologists

ConclusionsPatients, family caregivers, and to a lesser degree, oncologists expect and valued family involvement in cancer TDM. These findings support a reconsideration of traditional models focused on protection of patient autonomy to a more contextualized form of relational autonomy, whereby the patient and family caregivers can be seen as a unit for autonomous decision.

Source: Psycho-Oncology - June 30, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dong Wook Shin, Juhee Cho, Debra L. Roter, So Young Kim, Hyung Kook Yang, Keeho Park, Hyung Jin Kim, Hee‐Young Shin, Tae Gyun Kwon, Jong Hyock Park Tags: PAPER Source Type: research