[Should we take into account the informational stress of the medical oncologist?]

Abstract

Information overload, informational stress and its deleterious consequences constitute a subject of growing interest in the way of work. This is quite well documented among anesthesiologists. Studies have also been carried out on cancer patients or on the general public in terms of cancer prevention. After having defined the concepts and the consequences, we hypothesize the presence of informational stress among medical oncologists. We illustrate this hypothesis regarding adjuvant treatment of breast cancer. Specific studies (qualitative and quantitative ones) would be particularly interesting in oncology.

Keywords: Hyperconnexion; Informational stress; Medical decision-making; Prise de décision médicale; Stress informationnel.