Negative recollections regarding doctor-patient interactions among men receiving a prostate cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study of patient experiences in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the negative recollections of prostate cancer patients regarding the attitudes and language used by the doctors in delivering their diagnoses in Japan, in order to improve patient-centred communication.

Design and setting

This is a qualitative secondary analysis of the prostate cancer narrative data from the Database of Individual Patients' Experiences-Japan archives. A thematic analysis was conducted regarding negative recollections of doctors' words/attitudes when delivering a cancer diagnosis. Recruitment was based on maximum variation sampling. Participants were recruited from medical institutions, patient associations and through media advertisements.

Participants

Men with a diagnosis of prostate cancer (n=51).

Findings

Of the 51 part

SUBMITTER: Torishima M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044962 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature