Opinion statement Specialists in palliative care view the family meeting as a means to
engage patients and their families in a serious illness discussion that may clarify the values …

Cancer presents a crisis for patients but it also presents a crisis for family members. Cancer
is often called afamily disease'because of its immediate impact on family functioning, roles …

Objective: Using an interview-guided survey, our descriptive study aimed to document the
extent to which cancer patients perceive they are involved in making treatment decisions …

PURPOSE: To compare and contrast the issues raised in narrative data gathered from
parents of teenagers and young adults with cancer with interview data gathered from young …

Analyzes several common assumptions about the adjustment of a family to breast cancer
and suggests needed future directions for family-focused research. Implications of common …

Objective To investigate how cancer patients' and family members' perspective and health
locus of control are presented in clinical encounter decision-making. Methods Semi …

OBJECTIVE: Relational communication refers to those messages communicators naturally
express that carry meaning about the type and quality of relationship they share. It is …

Background: Making major treatment decisions with life-altering consequences is a
significant challenge faced by parents of children with cancer. The unique experience of …

OBJECTIVE To describe cancer patients' experience of the role of family physicians (FPs) in
their care. DESIGN Mail survey of a random sample of patients from the Manitoba Cancer …

The importance of psychosocial factors in the cancer journey for both patients and their
carers has been recognised in UK health policy. The aim of this paper is to consider–(1) …