Telling the truth in a medical dialog: Compassionate lie or merciless statistics?;Wahrheitsvermittlung im ärztlichen gespräch: Barmherzige lüge oder erbarmungslose statistik?

Praxis

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 440-444

  Oelz, O ^a  

^a Medizinische Klinik Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Death; Patient physician relationship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0030562881     PISSN: 16618157     EISSN: 16618165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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