Journal article
Barriers to shared decisions in the most serious of cancers: a qualitative study of patients with pancreatic cancer treated in the UK.
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BACKGROUND: Less than 20% of patients with pancreatic cancer present with localized, potentially curable tumours. Even when potentially curative surgery is possible, mortality is high. Only 20-25% of patients who have had resected ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head survive 5 years. Other treatments include chemotherapy, radiotherapy and palliative care. AIM: To explore patients' perceptions of barriers to shared decision making in a condition in which shared decision making might be...
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- Publication status:
- Accepted
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- Publisher:
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Journal:
- Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy
- Publication date:
- 2014-12-01
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1369-7625
- ISSN:
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1369-6513
- Source identifiers:
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499672
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:499672
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- pubs:499672
- Deposit date:
- 2014-12-20
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- Copyright date:
- 2014
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