Title of article
Truth telling in the case of a pessimistic diagnosis in Japan Original Research Article
Author/Authors
Hideo Akabayashi، نويسنده , , I Kai، نويسنده , , H Takemura، نويسنده , , H Okazaki، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
Pages
1
From page
1263
To page
1263
Abstract
We investigated how physicians in Japan convey a poor prognosis of advanced cancer. Physicians tended to give patients optimistic accounts of theur prognosis, while they were inclined to give the families pessimistic accounts.
Journal title
The Lancet
Serial Year
1999
Journal title
The Lancet
Record number
549803
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