RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cancer and truth.
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 74
OP 75
DO 10.1136/jme.3.2.74
VO 3
IS 2
A1 E Hanganu
A1 G Popa
YR 1977
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/3/2/74.abstract
AB In this paper the authors discuss the continuing dilemma for doctors who have to tell a patient that he has cancer, particularly the moment when he should confirm a diagnosis that most patients have already sensed. For the writers it is most important that the doctor should be a bridge for the patient to return to his everyday world from the physical and spiritual isolation which his disease has created.