Would you like to know what is wrong with you? On telling the truth to patients with dementia

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 108-113

  Marzanski, Marek ^a  

^a Community Healthcare NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Patients' perspectives; Telling truth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUTONOMY; CODES OF ETHICS; COMPREHENSION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GREAT BRITAIN; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MORAL POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEY; TRUST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CODES OF ETHICS; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0034076360     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.26.2.108     Document Type: Article

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