Complex Role of Patient Trust in Oncology

Daniel McFarland, D.O., Associate Professor Medicine, Psychiatry, Director of Psycho-Oncology, Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.Luigi Grassi, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation University of Ferrara, Institute of Psychiatry, Ferrara, Italy. Dr. Grassi is past president of the International Psycho-Oncology SocietySamuel M. Silver, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Research, Emeritus, Professor of Internal Medicine, Emeritus, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.Michelle B. Riba M.D., M.S., Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry; Director of Psych-Oncology Program at the University of Michigan, Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Dr. Riba is past president of the American Psychiatric Association.

• Chapter 1: The Relational Component of Trust in Oncology.- Chapter 2: Fiduciary or not? Healthcare Systems and Oncology.- Chapter 3: Medical Oversight and Public Trust of Medicine: Breaches of Trust.- Chapter 4: The First Encounter with Oncology: Patient Experience and Requisite Trust.- Chapter 5: The role of trust in oncology across populations and cultures: implications for health inequities and social justice.- Chapter 6: Patients on the Internet: The Information Age and Trust in Medicine, Conspiracies, and Proliferation of False Information.- Chapter 7: Patients and Trust: The Impact of Advocacy to Advance Patient-Centered Care.- Chapter 8: Trust and the Role of Attachment: implications for oncology.- Chapter 9: Patient Trust through the  Lens of  Integrative Oncology.- Chapter 10: Building Trust and Future Directions.