Purpose Family is often overlooked in cancer care. We developed a patient–family agenda
setting intervention to engage family in cancer care communication. Methods We conducted …

Background: Independent decision-making is one of the basic rights of patients. However, in
clinical practice, most older cancer patients' treatment decisions are made by family …

Background: Home-based and community-based health care for individuals with complex
medical conditions is often provided by family caregivers. Yet caregivers often are not …

Purpose Older patient populations commonly have cognitive impairment, which might
impact decisional capacity. We examined patients and family caregivers preferences for …

Background/methods: Although the prognosis of metastatic breast cancer (BC) has
improved, some patients still develop high burden metastases or visceral crisis (VC) and …

BACKGROUND Little is known about the size and characteristics of the decision‐support
networks of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and whether their involvement …

Background Family caregivers often play a key role in medical decision-making for patients
with cancer. Adult-children account for nearly half of caregivers, but often have less …

Purpose The overall aim of this study was to describe the attitudes towards family
involvement in care held by nurses and medical doctors working in open-heart surgical care …

Aim The aim of this study was to explore surgery decision conflict and its related factors
among newly diagnosed early breast cancer patients in China. Design A cross‐sectional …

Nearly one-third of the US population provides unpaid, informal caregiving to a loved one or
friend. Caregiver health literacy involves a complex set of actions and decisions, all shaped …