Background Many suggest that shared decision-making (SDM) is the most effective
approach to clinical counseling. It is unclear if this applies to surgical decision-making …

Background Shared decision making (SDM) is a popular care paradigm between patients
and clinicians to facilitate treatment agreement by building consensus and sharing …

Purpose We sought to examine and categorize the current evidence on patient-physician
relationships among marginalized patient populations within the context of cancer care …

Frailty is common in the older population and is a predictor of adverse outcomes following
emergency and elective surgery. Identification of frailty is key to enable targeted intervention …

Background Whether surrogate decision makers regret decisions about the use of life
support for incapacitated, critically ill patients remain uncertain. We sought to determine the …

Background Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has equivalent oncologic control to
radiotherapy with potential for improved quality of life (QOL) and lower patient-reported …

Background The high incidence of early recurrence after hepatectomy for intrahepatic
cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) has a detrimental effect on overall survival (OS). Machine …

Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the
Chinese version of the decision regret scale (DRSc). Methods The data of 704 patients who …

Patient attachment styles may inform how patients react differently to the stress of being
diagnosed with cancer, as well as how patients may desire to interact and be supported by …

Background: The objectives of this study were two-fold:(1) to assess the relationship
between patients' decisional regret and their well-being and (2) to examine the mediated …