Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Correspondence to: Massimiliano Orri, massimiliano. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. Patients, family members, and physicians participate in cancer care, but their perspectives about what is helpful during cancer treatment have rarely been compared.
The aim of this study was to compare these three perspectives. Multicenter qualitative study with previously published protocol based on 90 semi-structured interviews. Our analysis found 3 main axes perceived positive effects of cancer treatment, perceived negative effects of cancer treatment, doctor-physician relationship , each composed of 2 main themes.
The findings showed that patients, families, and physicians shared the long-term objective of increasing survival while reducing side effects. However, patients and relatives also pointed out the importance of living with cancer each day and thus of factors helping them to live as well as possible in daily life. The physicians difficulty in coping with patients suffering may limit their access to elements that can improve patients capacity to live as well as possible.
During cancer treatment and not only at the end of life , attention should be given to enhancing the capacity of patients to live as well as possible not only as long as possible to meet the goals of patient-centered care and satisfy this important need of patients and families. Keywords: patient-centered care, quality of life, care, qualitative study, crossed perspectives.
The last decade has been characterized by dramatic progress in oncology from advances in modern medicine, genetics, and the development of evidence-based treatment. The importance of families and their involvement in shared decision-making during cancer treatment is also receiving increased recognition [ 7 ].
