Perceptions of quality of care in oncological outpatient settings: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore and describe how healthcare professionals within the oncological outpatient setting perceive quality of care.

Design

A qualitative, descriptive design with a phenomenographic approach was used, with focus group discussions as the means of data collection.

Setting

Primary care in oncological outpatient units in four hospitals in Sweden.

Participants

Through purposive sampling, 20 healthcare professionals entered and completed the study by participating in four focus groups, five participants in each group. Inclusion criteria were assistant nurses, nurses or physicians delivering treatment and care with radiation and/or anticancer drugs in oncological outpatient units. Excluded were healthcare professionals who had worked less than 3 months

SUBMITTER: Kittang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458673 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature