As a person living with MBC, you have a healthcare team and may sometimes need to make changes to the people on your team. What considerations should you have in mind about who is on your healthcare team?
As the patient, your voice is critically important in making decisions about your care, which may include considering clinical trial participation. When doctors and patients work together to make treatment decisions, this is called shared decision-making.
Read the sites below to learn more about assembling your healthcare team and the importance of your voice in decision-making.
Assembling or Changing Your Healthcare Team
- Living Beyond Breast Cancer: Establishing trust with a compassionate, empowering team and advocating for yourself are important steps in choosing a team
- Living Beyond Breast Cancer: Getting a second opinion and doing research are important steps to take before switching doctors
Communicating With Your Team
- Cure Today: Collaboration between the patient and doctors is a key feature of a healthcare team
- Living Beyond Breast Cancer: Speaking up is important if you don’t feel like you are being heard
Last Modified on January 2, 2025