Physician's attitudes towards disclosure of cancer diagnosis to elderly patients: A report from Tokyo, Japan

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-36

  Kawakami, Satoru ^a   Arai, Gaku ^a   Ueda, Keiji ^b   Murai, Yoshiro ^b   Yokomichi, Hiroshi ^b   Aoshima, Masao ^b   Takagi, Kentaro ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropol Tama Geriatric Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged cancer patients; Malignant neoplasms; Truth disclosure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034923548     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(01)00099-1     Document Type: Article

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