Promoting truth-telling (the concept and its practice) with effective communication in medical settings : with particular focus on end of life care in Japan

This thesis deals with the concept and practice of truth-telling in medical settings. In particular, it analyses the way in which truth-telling is enacted in the context of end of life care in Japan. The thesis addresses not only the content of what is communicated in encounters between physicians a...

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Main Author: Inoue, Setsuko
Published: University of Glasgow 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.601617