Questioning diagnosis disclosure in terminal cancer patients: a prospective study evaluating patients' responses
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Palliative Medicine
- Vol. 8 (1) , 39-44
- https://doi.org/10.1177/026921639400800107
Abstract
This study attempted to assess the degree of knowledge of the diagnosis, and the attitude towards that information, in a group of terminally ill cancer patients. We also tried to determine the influence of the knowledge of the diagnosis on other patient psychosocial needs.Keywords
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