Semistructured interviews with jurors will examine experiences of the CJs, capacity to engage, decision-making processes and changes in beliefs about healthcare.
One of the findings of the study is that many patients need to be given time to recover from the shock of their diagnosis of cancer, before they are able to engage in decision making.
It appeared that with a few exceptions (4), patients did not have the necessary knowledge to enable them to actively engage in decision making about treatment, self-management or lifestyle modification.
Since this study was exploratory in nature, it was important to select a group that was actively engaged in decision making.
The researchers were keen to elicit what women thought about the quality of the care they received and if they were actively engaged in decision making.
They frequently attempt to persuade them to undertake an action (e.g., engaging in cancer screening) rather than engage in shared decision making.
We interviewed older adults to determine 1) if older adults reported the opportunity to engage in individualized decision making with their physicians 2) their attitudes about information important for individualized decision making, and 3) their attitudes about continuing cancer screening later in life.
In order to stimulate students' interest, the module was designed to actively engage them through decision making based on a visualized process.
Due to uncertainties in outcomes and treatment complications, it is important that patients engage in informed decision making to choose the "optimal treatment".
Patient information tools: primarily designed for patients/relatives to facilitate understanding of diagnosis, treatment, and management, but not specifically to engage them in decision making [ 5].
