Concealment of information in clinical practice: Is lying less stressful than telling the truth?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1175-1177

  Panagopoulou, Efharis ^a   Mintziori, Gesthimani ^a   Montgomery, Anthony ^a   Kapoukranidou, Dorothea ^a   Benos, Alexis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SELF DISCLOSURE; THREAT; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECEPTION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 41949126504     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.12.8751     Document Type: Article

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