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Breast Cancer
Contextual approach used by breast cancer survivors in treatment decision making
October 13th, 2005
Breast cancer survivors employed a contextual approach in treatment decision making. According to recent research from the United States, "This article presents a contextual model of adjustment to cancer that frames research inquiry on treatment decision making among long-term breast cancer survivors." "Psychosocial adaptation, of which treatment decision making is a part, is viewed within a social ecological framework (T.A. Revenson, 1990, 2003) that encompasses 4 contexts: the situational context, the interpersonal context, the sociocultural context, and the temporal context," explained T.A. Revenson and colleagues, The City University of New York...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-13)
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