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Don't tell mother she has cancer
11-01-2007 · EurekAlert!When family members ask physicians not to disclose bad news to ill loved ones, it can cause clinicians considerable distress as they try to balance their obligation to be truthful to the patient with the family's belief that such information would be harmful. To help clinicians more successfully address these conflicts, University of Pittsburgh researchers developed an approach based on negotiation skills, published in the Nov. 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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