The statutory duty of physicians to inform patients versus unmet patients’ information needs: The case of breast cancer in France

OBJECTIVES: (1) To explore empirically the extent to which early stage breast cancer patients in France, wish to be informed about their disease and treatments and (2) in view of the statutory duty of physicians to inform patients, to explore, from the patients' point of view, the type of information given by physicians and whether it meets their information needs. METHODS: A retrospective, cross-sectional survey questionnaire using …