title: Attitudes of medical personnel (doctors and nurses) toward informing the terminal patient.
abstract: The right to be informed, an indispensable condition of informed consent for a given therapeutic intervention, results in numerous practical problems in extreme situations. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relevant attitudes of medical practitioners and nursing staff. A total of 108 doctors and 102 nurses ranging in age from 22 to 63 years (mean 29, 67; SD 8, 73) was randomly selected from personnel currently in practice in Murcia (Spain) and asked to respond to a 72 item questionnaire developed by the authors. The results underline the need to approach the doctor-patient relationship from standpoint more closely attuned to the real circumstances of medical practice.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Osuna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez Zapata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luna
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D010820:Physicians; D013030:Spain; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure