Cargando…

Disclosing the Truth: A Dilemma between Instilling Hope and Respecting Patient Autonomy in Everyday Clinical Practice

BACKGROUND: While medical ethics place a high value on providing truthful information to patients, disclosure practices are far from being the norm in many countries. Transmitting bad news still remains a big problem that health care professionals face in their every day clinical practice. AIMS: Thr...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sarafis, Pavlos, Tsounis, Andreas, Malliarou, Maria, Lahana, Eleni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4825228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24576372
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v6n1p128