When the Family Requests Withholding the Diagnosis: Who Owns the Truth?
Open Access
- 1 March 2010
- journal article
- current clinical-issues
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Oncology Practice
- Vol. 6 (2), 94-96
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jop.091086
Abstract
Patient autonomy has extended beyond providing sufficient, understandable information before obtaining consent for treatment to the practice of telling patients the truth about their diagnoses and prognoses.Keywords
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