title: Truth telling in the case of a pessimistic diagnosis in Japan.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akabayashi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okazaki
mesh_terms: 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