>The ‘Trusting relationship’ was identified as a core category for both patients with non-curative cancer and healthcare professionals involved with the consent process and recruitment procedures .
‘I felt pleased. It’s very hard to define. I did feel pleased. I felt very positive about it. I was glad I managed to get the last place on it. I mean, I’ll go through hell and high water if I thought I could get rid of this. I’d like a few more years.’Patients were sometimes aware of the expensive cost of trial drugs and thought this represented superior treatment in comparison to standard care:
‘I think that some patients consent to trials because they think that is what the doctor feels is the best thing to do.