"When the Diagnosis Is Cancer: Patient Communication Experiences and Preferences."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Cancer, "Background: Discrepancies exist between reported experiences of patients when they have been given a diagnosis of cancer, published guidelines for telling a diagnosis, and patterns of communication patients rate as favorable. Several studies have identified what happened and what is important to cancer patients when told their diagnosis, but no studies have addressed subsequent communications concerning the implications of the diagnosis and treatment choices. This study extended previous research by investigating the experiences and preferences for communication about diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of...

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