The influence of contextual factors on patient involvement during follow-up consultations after colorectal cancer surgery: a case study.

Aims And Objectives: To identify the contextual factors that influence individual patient involvement during colorectal cancer surgical follow-up consultations.

Background: The healthcare system is subject to the requirement and expectation of greater involvement of patients and relatives. Increased patient involvement requires the development and implementation of new communication initiatives.

Identifying factors significant to continuity in basic palliative hospital care-from the perspective of patients with advanced cancer.

Based on the research method grounded theory and semistructured patient interviews at home following hospitalization, the aim was to provide information on issues relating to the identification and alleviation of patients' physical and emotional problems, understood as continuity in palliative care. The interviews were based on selected problems that patients found significant. The results are distilled into the core category disheartening interactions and four categories: falling outside the professional framework, not being seen as a person, unidentified/unmet need for guidance and involvement, and patient strategy-minimizing conflict.