Date of Award
1-1-2007
Document Type
Thesis - ECU Access Only
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
School
SchooI of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
Abstract
Following a diagnosis of early stage breast cancer women need to make decisions for surgical and adjuvant treatment in a short period of time. They also face a period of adjustment. Little information is available as to how women describe their decision making for breast cancer surgery after some time has elapsed following completion of adjuvant treatment. Moreover, it is not known if women experience decision regret and how decision-making outcomes might later affect their psychosocial adjustment. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to determine the nature and extent of decision regret experienced by women during the first two years following surgery for early stage breast cancer and to describe how this could affect their psychosocial adjustment. A descriptive correlational study was conducted in three phases. The supporting Iiterature guided the conceptual framework for the study .
Recommended Citation
Mastaglia, B. (2007). Decision regret, decision role discrepancy and adjustment to breast cancer : development of a model. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/320