Perceived Gaps in Oncologic Emergency Care for Patients with Cancer: A Qualitative Comparison of Emergency Medicine and Oncologist Physician Perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Providing high-quality, safe, and consistent care for patients with cancer in the emergency department (ED) poses unique challenges. To better understand these challenges, we surveyed oncologists and emergency medicine (EM) physicians across five institutions to identify key areas for improvement in oncologic EM. Methods: In this multi-institutional, cross-sectional qualitative study, a semi-structured survey was administered to EM attending and resident physicians and medical and surgical oncologists across five institutions in 2023. We assessed the open-ended questionnaire responses using thematic analysis; codes were created and collated to generate initial themes. The themes were then reviewed according to specialty for coherence and non-repetition and finalize

SUBMITTER: Wattana MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11899144 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature