Truth telling in the case of a pessimistic diagnosis in Japan

被引：38

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.

引用

页码：1263 / 1263

页数：1

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