Abstract Objective In China, not only patients and physicians are involved in medical
decision‐making (MDM) but also the patients' family members. The objective is to …

Background Despite the important role that family caregivers play in providing emotional
and practical support to cancer patients, relatively little is known about the family caregiver's …

Background To investigate how cancer patients, family caregiver, and their treating
oncologist view the risks and benefits of family involvement in cancer treatment decision …

Background Patient‐centred care should strive to respond to the individual patient's needs
and preferences when possible. Yet, preferences of cancer patients for participation in …

Objective Accurate understanding of the extent of disease, treatment goal, and prognosis is
a prerequisite for patients with cancer and their caregivers to make informed decision. We …

Objective To optimize personalized medicine for patients with hematological malignancies
(HM), we find that knowledge on patient preferences with regard to information provision …

Goal: The desire for shared decision making arises especially for frequently occurring cases
of solid cancer. For hematological cancer conditions, there are no analogous results. This …

TDM process, perhaps due to a strong sense of moral responsibility. 7, 16 In certain Middle
Eastern, North African and South Asian societies, the family has final authority in TDM, as …

There are limited numbers of studies available in Middle Eastern Arabic countries regarding
participation of family‎ members in cancer treatment decision‐making (TDM). The aim of this …

Background Over the last decade, patient involvement in treatment-related decision-making
has been widely advocated in Japan, where patient-physician encounters are still under the …