Disclosure of diagnostic information to cancer patients in Greece.
Truth-telling to cancer patients is controversial. The aim of the present study was to investigate oncologists', radiotherapists', and palliative care specialists' attitudes and truth-telling practices in Greece. A postal survey of a representative sample of 300 oncologists, radiotherapists, and palliative care specialists was made in February 1993. A total of 228 doctors completed and returned the questionnaires. It appears that withholding the truth from cancer patients remains very common in Greece.
Mystakidou
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Cancer Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, University of Athens, Areteion Hospital, Greece.
Liossi
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Vlachos
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Papadimitriou
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011878:Radiotherapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014342:Truth Disclosure