Many cancer patients decline professional support despite high psychosocial distress. In this mixed-methods study (n=31) the most frequent reasons for declining support were receiving help by social environment, talking is useless and wrong timing. In addition, we found reasons that have been little researched so far: diagnosis shock, being well-prepared due to previous family experience, fatalism, priority of medical treatment and denial. The results are discussed and fields of action for an improved integration of psycho-oncology in everyday clinical practise are pointed out.
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Many cancer patients decline professional support despite high psychosocial distress. In this mixed-methods study (n=31) the most frequent reasons for declining support were receiving help by social environment, talking is useless and wrong timing. In addition, we found reasons that have been little researched so far: diagnosis shock, being well-prepared due to previous family experience, fatalism, priority of medical treatment and denial. The results are discussed and fields of action for an im...
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