Caregivers’ Reasoning about Oncological Treatment in Online Discussions: A Comparative Analysis

Author(s):
Bigi, Sarah; Midea, Chiara; Noseda, Valentina; Parlato Sibilla
Editor(s):
Boogaart, Ronny; Garssen, Bart; Jansen, Henrike; Van Leeuwen, Maarten; Pilgram, Roosmaryn; Reuneker, Alex
Published
2024
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

In long-term conditions, a great burden is placed on caregivers, who contribute to decisions regarding treatment. Studies on caregivers’ role in the decision-making process are scarce. In this paper, we aim to describe reasoning patterns on decisions regarding treatment, as they appear in two corpora consisting of discussions posted on online fora that include patients, caregivers and professionals. In the analysis, we focus in particular on the argument schemes used by caregivers.

argument schemescaregiversdecision-makingmedical argumentationoncologyonline health communities
Date issued
2024
Language
English
Is part of
Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (2024), p. 138-149
hdl
1887/4107763

Conference

Meeting name
10th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA 2023)
Meeting location
Leiden, The Netherlands
Meeting date
2023-07-04 - 2023-07-07