Truth telling in the case of a pessimistic diagnosis in Japan

被引：38
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作者：
Akabayashi, A [1 ]
Kai, I
Takemura, H
Okazaki, H
机构：
[1] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Sch Hlth Sci & Nursing, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Publ Hlth & Occupat Med, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
来源：
LANCET | 1999年 / 354卷 / 9186期
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D O I：
10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02802-0
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
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.
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页码：1263 / 1263
页数：1
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