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.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Comparative Study
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Letter
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Attitude of Health Personnel*
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Female
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Humans
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Japan
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Male
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Malpractice / legislation & jurisprudence
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Middle Aged
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Neoplasms*
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Physician-Patient Relations*
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Professional-Family Relations*
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Prognosis
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Truth Disclosure*