Relatives' attitudes towards informing patients about the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

Objectives: To evaluate relatives’ attitudes towards informing patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) about their diagnosis. Setting: A university hospital in Italy. Methods: The closest relatives of each of 71 subjects diagnosed for the first time as having AD were interviewed, using a semistructur...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical ethics 2003-02, Vol.29 (1), p.51-54
Hauptverfasser:	Pucci, E, Belardinelli, N, Borsetti, G, Giuliani, G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Alzheimer Disease - psychology Alzheimer's disease Alzheimers disease Attitude to Health Attitudes Bioethics Caregivers - psychology Customer relations Dementia Depressive disorders Diagnosis ethics Families & family life Family - psychology Family members Female Gender Health care industry Humans Interviews Italy Male Medical treatment Memory Memory disorders Mental illness Middle Aged Neurology Original Patients' rights physician/patient relations Physicians Studies Suicide Surveys and Questionnaires truth disclosure Truth Disclosure - ethics
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