Adapting the coping in deliberation (CODE) framework: A multi-method approach in the context of familial ovarian cancer risk management

Previous research suggests that emotions influence appraisal of future events, that emotions and coping are integral parts of decision processes and that medical decisions are in fact coping behaviours aimed at regulating a health threat and associated emotions [1–4]. To date, however, decision-making theorists have paid little attention to emotions and coping in healthcare decision-making.

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - July 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jana Witt, Glyn Elwyn, Fiona Wood, Mark T. Rogers, Usha Menon, Kate Brain Tags: Medical decision making Source Type: research