When the family requests withholding the diagnosis: Who owns the truth?

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-96

  McCabe, Mary S ^a   Wood, William A ^a   Goldberg, Richard M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77956581079     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.091086     Document Type: Review

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