OBJECTIVES: Empirical literature on patient decision role preferences regarding treatment
and screening was reviewed to summarize patients' role preferences across measures, time …

OBJECTIVE: This paper examines how the term “empowerment” has been used in relation
to the care and education of patients with chronic conditions over the past decade …

Understanding what cancer patients need to know and from whom they receive information
during the course of care is essential to ensuring quality care. We reviewed 112 articles …

OBJECTIVE: This review aimed to clarify present knowledge about the factors which
influence patients' preference for involvement in medical decision making. METHODS: A …

Purpose Men affected by prostate cancer are a patient population in need of on-going
person-centred supportive care. Our aim was to synthesise current available evidence with …

The present meta-analytic review assessed the relations between coping categories and
indices of adjustment in men with prostate cancer. Relevant methodological and statistical …

OBJECTIVE: There is much research describing cancer patients' information needs and their
use of the Internet, print media, and other sources to fulfill these needs. Yet little is known …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the congruence between patients' preferred style of clinical
decision-making and the style they usually experienced and whether this congruence was …

Abstract Treatment choices for localized prostate cancer appear to vary widely, although it is
unclear whether this variation is a result of patient values or other factors. The authors …

The purpose of this study was to identify and compare information and decision preferences
of men with prostate cancer and their partners at the time of diagnosis. A convenience …