TY - JOUR
T1 - Prospective Integration of Cultural Consideration in Biomedical Research for Patients with Advanced Cancer
T2 - Recommendations from an International Conference on Malignant Bowel Obstruction in Palliative Care
AU - Fineberg, Iris Cohen
AU - Grant, Marcia
AU - Aziz, Noreen M.
AU - Payne, Richard
AU - Kagawa-Singer, Marjorie
AU - Dunn, Geoffrey P.
AU - Kinzbrunner, Barry M.
AU - Palos, Guadalupe
AU - Shinagawa, Susan Matsuko
AU - Krouse, Robert S.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - In the setting of an international conference on malignant bowel obstruction as a model for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in palliative care, we discuss the importance of incorporating prospective cultural considerations into research design. The approach commonly used in biomedical research has traditionally valued the RCT as the ultimate "way of knowing" about how to best treat a medical condition. The foremost limitation of this approach is the lack of recognition of the impact of cultural viewpoints on research outcomes. We propose that interest relevant to cultural viewpoints should be emphasized in conceptualizing and interpreting research questions, designs, and results. In addition to recognizing our cultural biases as individuals and researchers, we recommend two major shifts in designing and implementing RCTs: 1) inclusion of a multidisciplinary team of researchers to inform the diversity of perspectives and expertise brought to the research, and 2) use of mixed methods of inquiry, reflecting both deductive and inductive modes of inference.
AB - In the setting of an international conference on malignant bowel obstruction as a model for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in palliative care, we discuss the importance of incorporating prospective cultural considerations into research design. The approach commonly used in biomedical research has traditionally valued the RCT as the ultimate "way of knowing" about how to best treat a medical condition. The foremost limitation of this approach is the lack of recognition of the impact of cultural viewpoints on research outcomes. We propose that interest relevant to cultural viewpoints should be emphasized in conceptualizing and interpreting research questions, designs, and results. In addition to recognizing our cultural biases as individuals and researchers, we recommend two major shifts in designing and implementing RCTs: 1) inclusion of a multidisciplinary team of researchers to inform the diversity of perspectives and expertise brought to the research, and 2) use of mixed methods of inquiry, reflecting both deductive and inductive modes of inference.
KW - Culture
KW - mixed method approaches
KW - multidisciplinary research
KW - palliative care
KW - research methods
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.04.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 17532174
AN - SCOPUS:34250827879
SN - 0885-3924
VL - 34
SP - S28-S39
JO - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
JF - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
IS - 1 SUPPL.
ER -