Autonomous and informed decision-making: The case of colorectal cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It is increasingly considered important that people make an autonomous and informed decision concerning colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. However, the realisation of autonomy within the concept of informed decision-making might be interpreted too narrowly. Additionally, relatively little is known about what the eligible population believes to be a 'good' screening decision. Therefore, we aimed to explore how the concepts of autonomous and informed decision-making relate to how the eligible CRC screening population makes their decision and when they believe to have made a 'good' screening decision.

Methods

We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with the eligible CRC screening population (eighteen CRC screening participants and nine non-participants). The gen

SUBMITTER: Douma LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259584 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature