Critical Negotiations: Narrative Agreement, Negotiation, and Register Use in Encounters Between Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma and Their Oncologists
The purpose of this study is to investigate the co-created therapeutic narrative in
scheduled office visits between adult patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma and
their medical oncologists in a community practice setting. The study will focus on the
negotiation of the illness narrative and the semiotic (primarily linguistic) tools employed.
The study will involve patients from a large community cancer center from Northeastern
Pennsylvania (this center sees about 3,000 new patients each year). About 85% of patients
with cancer in the United States are treated in this type of setting (National Cancer
Institute, 2007), and so many results from this population are applicable to most cancer
patients in the United States. The location of this study makes it very different from the
majority of medical anthropological studies that are usually performed in urban academic
medical centers or in sites outside of the United States or Western Europe. Although
community cancer centers are the location of most of the treatment of patients with cancer
in the United States, there are few to no studies published studying this patient
population.
Observational
Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
Correlation of degree of "narrative agreement" with validated quality of life measures
6-8 weeks
No
Christian S Adonizio, MD
Principal Investigator
Hematology and Oncology Associates of NE Pennsylvania
United States: Institutional Review Board
808231
NCT00711672
July 2008
October 2009
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Hematology and Oncology Associates of Northeastern Pennsylvania, PC | Dunmore, Pennsylvania 18512 |