Telling the truth: what do general practitioners say to patients with dementia or terminal cancer?

A questionnaire was sent to all general practitioners (GPs) in Cambridgeshire asking them about their practice in telling patients with dementia or terminal cancer their diagnosis. Although the majority of GPs would always or often tell patients of a diagnosis of terminal cancer, this was not the ca...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of general practice 1998-03, Vol.48 (428), p.1081-1082
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Family Practice
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Neoplasms
Physician-Patient Relations
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Truth Disclosure
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