Abstract
Being diagnosed with breast cancer requires that women make a number of decisions about their medical treatments. To gain insight into the variety of forces that shape a woman's breast cancer treatment decisions, we conducted semistructured interviews with 44 breast cancer survivors. Through an interpretive analysis, we identified five treatment decision-making styles: (a) medical expert, (b) self-efficacy, (c) relationship embedded, (d) inhibition, and (e) constellation of information, which are differentiated by two dimensions: (a) low versus high information needs and (b) self versus other preferences.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 408-421 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Health Communication |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2013 |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Health(social science)
- Communication
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