Truth telling in the case of a pessimistic diagnosis in Japan.
We investigated how physicians in Japan convey a poor prognosis of advanced cancer. Physicians tended to give patients optimistic accounts of their prognosis, while they were inclined to give the families pessimistic accounts.
Akabayashi
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Kai
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Takemura
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Okazaki
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D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014342:Truth Disclosure