| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Semi-structured interviews with liver cancer patients(n=17) and family members(n=18) were conducted to investigate their processes of decision-making on treatment and care. Qualitative inductive analysis of the interview responses showed that the decision-making process could be divided into the following steps : (1) receiving the news about the condition and recognizing the current situation, (2) ascertaining matters that require a decision, (3) searching for and collectingmaterials for decision-making, (4) investigating specific options, and (5) goingthrough the motions of decision-making. The research demonstrated that decision-making involves particular characteristics that are separate from the process ofbattling the disease. Based on these results, we investigated a support program fornursing staff to facilitate decision-making by liver cancer patients and their families.
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