Trusting relationships between patients with non-curative cancer and healthcare professionals create ethical obstacles for informed consent in clinical trials: a grounded theory study - BMC Palliative Care

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A study in BMCPalliatCare further explores the ‘trusting relationship’ of patients with healthcare professionals and finds that this relationship can influence decision-making and informed consent for clinical trials in patients with non-curative cancer.

>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.

 

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