Cultural factors that influence the treatment of osteosarcoma in Zulu patients: Healthcare professionals' perspectives and strategies.

Ottilia Brown Veonna Goliath Dalena R M van Rooyen Colleen Aldous Leonard Charles Marais

Published in: Health SA = SA Gesondheid (2018)

Our findings emphasised healthcare professionals' reports of how patients can experience the discussion of culturally discordant treatment options as bad news. We recommend that the treatment discussion form an integral part of the guidelines for culturally competent communication with such cancer patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
emergency department
clinical practice