A request for nondisclosure: Don't tell mother

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 5030-5034

  Hallenbeck, James ^a   Arnold, Robert ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 36849021060     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.11.8802     Document Type: Article

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