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With regard to telling the patients that they are dying, the authors think that:
{ 1 } - The patient has no right to obtain from the physician complete current information concerning diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in terms the patient can be reasonably expected to understand.
{ 2 } - Information concerning serious sickness or impending death need not be furnished if the patient does not ask for it.
{ 3 } - Whenever possible, the leader of the health care team, the physician, should be involved in explaining the situation to the patient.
{ 4 } - The principle of professional communication (p. 204) does not apply.
{ 5 } - The less patients know about their condition, the better their chances of recovery.
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With regard to telling the patients that they are dying, the authors think that:
{ 1 } - The patient has no right to obtain from the physician complete current information concerning diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in terms the patient can be reasonably expected to understand.
{ 2 } - Information concerning serious sickness or impending death need not be furnished if the patient does not ask for it.
{ 3 } - Whenever possible, the leader of the health care team, the physician, should be involved in explaining the situation to the patient.
{ 4 } - The principle of professional communication (p. 204) does not apply.
{ 5 } - The less patients know about their condition, the better their chances of recovery.
See p. 405.
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With regard to telling the patients that they are dying, the authors think that:
{ 1 } - The patient has no right to obtain from the physician complete current information concerning diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in terms the patient can be reasonably expected to understand.
{ 2 } - Information concerning serious sickness or impending death need not be furnished if the patient does not ask for it.
{ 3 } - Whenever possible, the leader of the health care team, the physician, should be involved in explaining the situation to the patient.
{ 4 } - The principle of professional communication (p. 204) does not apply.
{ 5 } - The less patients know about their condition, the better their chances of recovery.
See p. 405.
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With regard to telling the patients that they are dying, the authors think that:
{ 1 } - The patient has no right to obtain from the physician complete current information concerning diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in terms the patient can be reasonably expected to understand.
{ 2 } - Information concerning serious sickness or impending death need not be furnished if the patient does not ask for it.
{ 3 } - Whenever possible, the leader of the health care team, the physician, should be involved in explaining the situation to the patient.
{ 4 } - The principle of professional communication (p. 204) does not apply.
{ 5 } - The less patients know about their condition, the better their chances of recovery.
See p. 405.
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With regard to telling the patients that they are dying, the authors think that:
{ 1 } - The patient has no right to obtain from the physician complete current information concerning diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in terms the patient can be reasonably expected to understand.
{ 2 } - Information concerning serious sickness or impending death need not be furnished if the patient does not ask for it.
{ 3 } - Whenever possible, the leader of the health care team, the physician, should be involved in explaining the situation to the patient.
{ 4 } - The principle of professional communication (p. 204) does not apply.
{ 5 } - The less patients know about their condition, the better their chances of recovery.
See p. 405.
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With regard to telling the patients that they are dying, the authors think that:
{ 1 } - The patient has no right to obtain from the physician complete current information concerning diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in terms the patient can be reasonably expected to understand.
{ 2 } - Information concerning serious sickness or impending death need not be furnished if the patient does not ask for it.
{ 3 } - Whenever possible, the leader of the health care team, the physician, should be involved in explaining the situation to the patient.
{ 4 } - The principle of professional communication (p. 204) does not apply.
{ 5 } - The less patients know about their condition, the better their chances of recovery.
See p. 405.
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