title: Discussing prognosis: "how much do you want to know?" talking to patients who do not want information or who are ambivalent.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA. tonyback@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Anthony L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Back
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D017008:Negotiating; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D035502:Trust; D014342:Truth Disclosure