Preferred Clinician Communication About Stopping Cancer Screening Among Older US Adults: Results From a National Survey

Nancy L Schoenborn; Ellen M Janssen; Cynthia M Boyd; John F P Bridges; Antonio C Wolff; Craig E Pollack

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.2100

Preferred Clinician Communication About Stopping Cancer Screening Among Older US Adults: Results From a National Survey

JAMA Oncol. 2018 Aug 1;4(8):1126-1128. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.2100.

Authors

Nancy L Schoenborn¹, Ellen M Janssen^{2

3}, Cynthia M Boyd¹, John F P Bridges^{2

4}, Antonio C Wolff⁵, Craig E Pollack¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Currently with ICON Plc, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
⁴ Currently with Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
⁵ Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This cross-sectional survey study investigates how older US adults want their health care clinicians to frame discussions about stopping routine cancer screening.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Communication*
Decision Making
Early Detection of Cancer / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Neoplasms / diagnosis
Neoplasms / psychology*
Patient Care Planning / organization & administration*
Patient Preference / psychology*
Physician-Patient Relations
Risk Assessment
Surveys and Questionnaires*

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding