Telling the diagnosis to cancer patients in Japan: Attitude and perception of patients, physicians and nurses

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-110

  Seo, Mitsuru ^a   Tamura, Kazuo ^a   Shijo, Hiroshi ^a   Morioka, Eiji ^a   Ikegame, Chie ^a   Hirasako, Keiko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Japan; Neoplasms; Truth disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 0034073071     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921600676888353     Document Type: Article

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