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When someone refuses recommended treatment, do not just record it. Offer a second conversation, address the beliefs behind it, keep the door open and track what happens.
Refusal of standard therapy is associated with markedly worse survival in observational studies, and many refusals reflect misinformation, fear of toxicity or distrust rather than settled values. The proposal is a standard pathway: a documented exploration of reasons, a second consultation with a different clinician or navigator, targeted information addressing the specific belief, an explicit offer to revisit at defined intervals, and registry tracking of refusals and outcomes.
Shares Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information on Facebook and Other Social Media: A Brief Report, Misinformation and unproven therapies, Patients lack understanding, navigation and agency.
Shares Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information on Facebook and Other Social Media: A Brief Report, Misinformation and unproven therapies.
Shares Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information on Facebook and Other Social Media: A Brief Report, Misinformation and unproven therapies.
Shares Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information on Facebook and Other Social Media: A Brief Report, Misinformation and unproven therapies.
Shares Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information on Facebook and Other Social Media: A Brief Report, Misinformation and unproven therapies, Patients lack understanding, navigation and agency.
Shares Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information on Facebook and Other Social Media: A Brief Report, Misinformation and unproven therapies.
Shares Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information on Facebook and Other Social Media: A Brief Report, Misinformation and unproven therapies.
Shares Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information on Facebook and Other Social Media: A Brief Report, Misinformation and unproven therapies.