[Education and guidance of the cancer patient].
Neither the naked truth nor a compassionate lie are appropriate in the case of incurable cancer patients. The prerequisite for the effective guidance of terminal cases is genuine communication--really entering into the needs of the patient. This requires a great deal of time--more than a doctor can spare in the day-to-day running of a hospital. It is therefore necessary to delegate patient guidance to a psychosocial team. It is only through co-operation with the medical team that a therapeutic team comes into being which is in a position to be of genuine assistance to a severely ill person.
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Allgemeinen Orthopädischen Abteilung, Orthopädischen Krankenhauses Gersthof, Wien.
D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014342:Truth Disclosure
Aufklärung und Führung Krebskranker.