Disclosure preferences regarding cancer diagnosis and prognosis: to tell or not to tell?
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Disclosure preferences regarding cancer diagnosis and prognosis: to tell or not to tell?
Telling people that they have cancer has a great impact on their lives, so many doctors are concerned about how they should inform patients about a cancer diagnosis and its prognosis. We conducted a general population survey in Japan to investigate people's preferences on receiving this information. There were no significant differences in respondents' preferences according to the seriousness o...
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Telling people that they have cancer has a great impact on their lives, so many doctors are concerned about how they should inform patients about a cancer diagnosis and its prognosis. We conducted a general population survey in Japan to investigate people’s preferences on receiving this information. There were no significant differences in respondents’ preferences according to the seriousness o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2003.007302