2023
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3105609/v1
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Oncologists' Palliative Care Referral Behaviour: Testing Utility of Social Exchange Theory as an Explanatory Framework

Abstract: Background Adults and children with cancer are referred to palliative care infrequently or late. Oncologists often gatekeep these referrals. Social exchange theory is used to explain physician referral behaviour in various clinical settings. Its utility in a cancer palliative care setting is not known. Methods We used Karl Popper's hypothetico-deductive approach to test the hypothesis. The hypothesis was that social exchange theory is a helpful framework for explaining oncologists' palliative care referral beh… Show more

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