Communicating About Stopping Cancer Screening: Comparing Clinicians' and Older Adults' Perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Older adults with limited life expectancy frequently receive cancer screening. We sought to compare the perspectives of clinicians and older adults on how to communicate about stopping cancer screening.

Research design and methods

We used data from two studies involving semistructured in-person individual interviews, in which we asked about perspectives on communication about stopping cancer screening, with 28 primary care clinicians and 40 community-dwelling older adults, respectively.

Results

We identified three major themes: (a) Consensus among primary care clinicians and older adults regarding communication around stopping cancer screening. Both groups considered discussing the benefits/risks of cancer screening and involving patients in

SUBMITTER: Schoenborn NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6524758 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature