Designing informational media to support ovarian cancer patient’s decision making process with human-centered approach.

Abstract

In today's medical field, creating an environment where doctors and patients can select the best treatment is crucial. However, making good decisions depends on expertise, the type of illness, the medical condition of the patient, their life planning, etc. This project utilizes the Human-Centered Design process to explore personally suited information and appropriate art direction for ovarian cancer patients. In their case, making a good decision about the treatment is especially difficult. This paper reports the outline, the process, the methods and the results of designing informational media to support the patients.