The Process and Outcomes of Treatment Decision-Making Communication Between Oncologists and Newly Diagnosed Female Breast-Cancer Patients

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

• To determine the association between women's and physicians' participatory communication behaviors (e.g., patients asking questions, physicians soliciting questions) on treatment decision-making process and health outcomes.

Secondary

• To capture the language used in the treatment-decision interactions.
• To assess the degree of variation in the language used among physicians and patients who are active participants and those who are less inclined to participate in the treatment decision-making interaction.