Disclosing the truth to terminal cancer patients: A discussion of ethical and cultural issues [Divulgation de la vérité aux patients atteints d'un cancer en phase terminale: Discussion sur les problèmes éthiques et culturels]

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Μονάδα:
Ερευνητικό υλικό ΕΚΠΑ
Τίτλος:
Disclosing the truth to terminal cancer patients: A discussion of ethical and cultural issues [Divulgation de la vérité aux patients atteints d'un cancer en phase terminale: Discussion sur les problèmes éthiques et culturels]
Περίληψη:
One of the most difficult ethical dilemmas facing health care professionals working in oncology is whether, when, how and how much to tell terminal cancer patients about their diagnosis and prognosis. The aim of this article is to review the trends in this issue worldwide. While a majority of physicians in both developed and developing countries tell the truth more often today than in the past, the assumption that truth-telling is always beneficial to patients can be questioned. The issue of truth-telling is still approached differently in different countries and cultures and there is a need for an increased awareness of cultural differences to truth-telling among patients from ethnic minorities.
Έτος δημοσίευσης:
2010
Συγγραφείς:
Kazdaglis, G.A.
Arnaoutoglou, C.
Karypidis, D.
Memekidou, G.
Spanos, G.
Papadopoulos, O.
Περιοδικό:
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
Εκδότης:
World Health Organization
Τόμος:
16
Αριθμός / τεύχος:
4
Σελίδες:
442-447
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
attitude; awareness; cancer patient; cultural factor; decision making; developing country; ethnic group; family; health care personnel; human; medical ethics; nurse; patient care; patient information; physician; quality of life; review; terminal disease; terminally ill patient; attitude to death; attitude to health; cultural factor; developed country; ethics; ethnology; health; health personnel attitude; human relation; interpersonal communication; Neoplasms; nurse attitude; oncology; physician attitude; prognosis; psychology, Attitude of Health Personnel; Attitude to Death; Attitude to Health; Communication; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Cultural Characteristics; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Family; Global Health; Humans; Medical Oncology; Neoplasms; Nurse's Role; Physician's Role; Principle-Based Ethics; Professional-Patient Relations; Prognosis; Quality of Life; Truth Disclosure
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DOI:
10.26719/2010.16.4.442
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