[How much truth can the patient endure?].
Truth is not conceived by the doctor alone who then is expected to communicate it to an uninformed patient. Diagnostic and prognostic findings in each individual case are a result of an interactive process, where the patient as well as the doctor are participating. Adequate information of patients is inevitable, but in practice not yet quite satisfactory. Some proposals for improvement are made.
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Sozialpsychiatrischer Dienst der Psychiatrischen Universitätsklinik Zürich.
D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D014342:Truth Disclosure
Wieviel Wahrheit erträgt der Patient?