Ethical problems routinely arise in the hospital and more so in the field of Oncology which is today the world's second leading cause of death. From the perspective of documenting the ethical issues in cancer, innumerable studies from the developed countries have shown that oncocare contains numerous issues. However there have been no studies in these lines from India. The present study was undertaken to ascertain the most common ethical dilemmas plaguing the cancer specialists at a super-speciality cancer care hospital at Mangalore. The investigators used an in-depth semistructured face-to-face interview with the willing participants that included cancer specialties in the areas of surgical, radiation, medical oncology specialities. The focus was principally in the area of ethical dilemmas faced in diagnosis and care of cancer patients as per standard qualitative study protocol. The results indicated that breaking the bad news, discussing end of life issues, judicious treatment planning considering cost factors and conveying side effects of cancer treatment were the major issues that posed significant dilemmas.
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