“Secrets and Lies”: (Not) Telling Bad News in Italian Oncology

The problem that I treat in this paper is about the fact that people who are about to die in hospital are not usually informed about the fate awaiting them. In Italy, this attitude has remained intact over time despite the extraordinary changes which have taken place in clinical techniques and thera...

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Main Author: Marco Marzano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House 2009-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
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Online Access:http://but.unitbv.ro/BU2009/BULETIN2009/Series%20VII/BULETIN%20VII%20PDF/022%20marzano.pdf