Table 2 Cancer Patient Refuse of Treatment: Category and Sub Category

Encounter with Cancer

Shock of encounter

Interaction of the treatment team with the patient

Flawed physician-patient interactions

Denial of the disease

Incorrect understanding of the disease

Fear

Supportiveness (family-patient)

Control

Fighting Cancer

Disease exacerbation, end of denial

Complementary therapies as alternative treatment

Treatment complications, disease complications

Treatment facilitators

Suffering of the disease

Shortcoming in sustainable support

Depletion of family reserves

Coping with Cancer

Deterioration of the patient

Transcendental experiences of the patient

Disease progression, necessary care provision

Regrets due to delaying the treatment

Losing Resilience in the Course of Cancer

Refusal of treatment

Norm violation

Depression