Truth telling in the case of a pessimistic diagnosis in Japan

Authors
Akabayashi, A Kai, I Takemura, H Okazaki, H
Citation
A. Akabayashi et al., Truth telling in the case of a pessimistic diagnosis in Japan, LANCET, 354(9186), 1999, pp. 1263-1263
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9186
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1263 - 1263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19991009)354:9186<1263:TTITCO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We investigated how physicians in Japan convey a poor prognosis of advanced cancer. Physicians tended to give patients optimistic accounts of theur pr ognosis, while they were inclined to give the families pessimistic accounts .