If you had less than a year to live, would you want to know? A seven-country European population survey of public preferences for disclosure of poor prognosis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2298-2305

  Harding, R ^a   Simms, V ^a,b   Calanzani, N ^a   Higginson, I J ^a   Hall, S ^a   Gysels, M ^c   Menaca A ^c   Bausewein, C ^a,d   Deliens, L ^e,f   Ferreira, P ^g   Toscani, F ^h   Daveson, B A ^a   Ceulemans, L ⁱ   Gomes, B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d Deutsche Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin e V   (Germany)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^h Istituto di Ricerca in Medicina Palliativa   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cancer; Europe; information; oncology; preferences; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RANDOM DIGIT DIALING; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885306729     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3283     Document Type: Article

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