Should cancer patients be informed about their diagnosis and prognosis? Future doctors and lawyers differ

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 258-265

  Elger, B S ^a   Harding, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SWITZERLAND;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0036059154     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.28.4.258     Document Type: Article

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