Conspiracy of silence? Telling patients with schizophrenia their diagnosis

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 336-339

  Clafferty, R A ^a   McCabe, E ^a   Brown, K W ^a  

^a NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034826440     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.25.9.336     Document Type: Article

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