Treatment decisions: a qualitative study with women with gynaecological cancer.
This qualitative study investigated women's participation in decisions regarding treatment of gynaecological cancer. Thirty women, receiving health care in two tertiary hospitals in Australia, were interviewed face-to-face. For women with gynaecological cancer, the most influential factors in treatment decisions are still the surgeon's recommendation and fear of dying from cancer.
Markovic
Milica
M
Key Centre for Women's Health in Society, Department of Public Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Ausralia. milicam@unimelb.edu.au
Manderson
Lenore
L
Quinn
Michael
M
D001315:Australia; D003657:Decision Making; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010358:Patient Participation; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014739:Victoria