"I'm Being Forced to Make Decisions I Have Never Had to Make Before": Oncologists' Experiences of Caring for Seriously Ill Persons With Poor Prognoses and the Dilemmas Created by COVID-19.
Chithra R PerumalswamiEmily ChenCarly MartinSusan Dorr GooldRaymond Gene De VriesJennifer J GriggsReshma JagsiPublished in: JCO oncology practice (2021)
This study offers an in-depth exploration of the problems faced by oncologists as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they navigated them. Optimal decision making for seriously ill persons with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic must include open acknowledgment of the ethical challenges involved, the emotions experienced by both patients and their oncologists, and the urgent need to integrate technology with compassionate communication in determining patient preferences.
Keyphrases
- decision making
- mental health
- end stage renal disease
- coronavirus disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- advanced cancer
- prognostic factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- minimally invasive
- optical coherence tomography
- young adults
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- childhood cancer