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Reflecting on patient experiences, behaviours and subsequent effects on cancer care and outcomes

Reflecting on patient experiences, behaviours and subsequent effects on cancer care and outcomes Improving patient experience in the prevention and management of cancer is an issue that all health professionals grapple with; critical areas include better alleviation of symptoms, understanding of health behaviours, more expedient diagnosis and treatment, prevention of recurrence, understanding of needs and provision of support. This issue of EJCC presents several pieces of research from around the world, including resource‐challenged settings, with the aim of better understanding and dealing with patient experience, and also understanding why health care professionals might fail their patients in providing timely cancer care and guidance. We see how behaviours of young people, health care professionals and patients have a significant effect on care received, and in turn, cancer outcomes, prompting us to examine our interpersonal interactions and the information we give to our patients and the public. Durif‐Bruckert et al . ( ) explore the dynamic between doctors and patients and how they achieve shared decision‐making about surgical treatment for early‐stage breast cancer. Interestingly, they used a mixed approach of observation, interviews and questionnaires, to unpick and challenge commonly held notions and behavioural models regarding how doctors and patients interact in a modern health care environment; the concept of participation (in terms of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Cancer Care Wiley

Reflecting on patient experiences, behaviours and subsequent effects on cancer care and outcomes

European Journal of Cancer Care , Volume 24 (4) – Jul 1, 2015

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISSN
0961-5423
eISSN
1365-2354
DOI
10.1111/ecc.12341
pmid
26072974
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Abstract

Improving patient experience in the prevention and management of cancer is an issue that all health professionals grapple with; critical areas include better alleviation of symptoms, understanding of health behaviours, more expedient diagnosis and treatment, prevention of recurrence, understanding of needs and provision of support. This issue of EJCC presents several pieces of research from around the world, including resource‐challenged settings, with the aim of better understanding and dealing with patient experience, and also understanding why health care professionals might fail their patients in providing timely cancer care and guidance. We see how behaviours of young people, health care professionals and patients have a significant effect on care received, and in turn, cancer outcomes, prompting us to examine our interpersonal interactions and the information we give to our patients and the public. Durif‐Bruckert et al . ( ) explore the dynamic between doctors and patients and how they achieve shared decision‐making about surgical treatment for early‐stage breast cancer. Interestingly, they used a mixed approach of observation, interviews and questionnaires, to unpick and challenge commonly held notions and behavioural models regarding how doctors and patients interact in a modern health care environment; the concept of participation (in terms of

Journal

European Journal of Cancer CareWiley

Published: Jul 1, 2015

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