title: Responding to the information needs of patients with cancer.
abstract: Cancer care has progressed from the days when doctors alone chose treatments for cancer patients and decided what information to give them. Patients are now more involved in their own care and information-giving has become a priority for nurses. However, achieving the right balance in information provision for individual patients is a challenge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: Aoife
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drew
authors.forename: Tonks N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Fawcett
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology