title: Doctors' delicate balance in keeping hope alive.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000523:psychology; D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D011379:Prognosis; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology; D014342:Truth Disclosure / Q000941:ethics