TY - JOUR
T1 - Involvement levels of breast cancer patients—Seeking trusted hospital and physician
AU - Boaz, Hovav
AU - Brammli-Greenberg, Shuli
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - The active involvement levels of breast cancer patients (BCP) in treatment decisions range from 10% to 81%. We investigated the involvement levels of 179 Israeli breast cancer survivors, aged 30 to 81, in the choice of hospital, surgeon, surgical procedure, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. High involvement was documented in location decisions (operating hospital 77%, chemotherapy facility 82%) as opposed to low involvement in treatment decisions (chemotherapy 30%–38%, radiotherapy 25%, surgical procedure 31%). Involvement was influenced by hospital and surgeon reputation, education level, and income. BCPs actively choose their treating facility and staff, and then follow their doctor’s recommendations.
AB - The active involvement levels of breast cancer patients (BCP) in treatment decisions range from 10% to 81%. We investigated the involvement levels of 179 Israeli breast cancer survivors, aged 30 to 81, in the choice of hospital, surgeon, surgical procedure, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. High involvement was documented in location decisions (operating hospital 77%, chemotherapy facility 82%) as opposed to low involvement in treatment decisions (chemotherapy 30%–38%, radiotherapy 25%, surgical procedure 31%). Involvement was influenced by hospital and surgeon reputation, education level, and income. BCPs actively choose their treating facility and staff, and then follow their doctor’s recommendations.
KW - breast cancer
KW - chemotherapy choice
KW - hospital choice
KW - involvement level
KW - radiotherapy choice
KW - surgeon choice
KW - surgery choice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120907119&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/13591053211062350
DO - 10.1177/13591053211062350
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C2 - 34875916
AN - SCOPUS:85120907119
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 27
SP - 2603
EP - 2612
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 11
ER -
