"Do not tell": What factors affect relatives' attitudes to honest disclosure of diagnosis to cancer patients?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 497-502

  Ozdogan, Mustafa ^a   Samur, Mustafa ^a   Bozcuk, Hakan Sat ^a   Coban, Erkan ^a   Artac, Mehmet ^a   Savas, Burhan ^a   Kara, Arzu ^a   Topcu, Zekiye ^a   Sualp, Yeliz ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disclosure; Do not tell; Relatives; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL;

EID: 3142687519     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0633-2     Document Type: Article

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