Truth-Telling and Cancer Diagnoses: Physician Attitudes and Practices in Qatar

被引：10

作者：

del Pozo, Pablo Rodriguez ^{[1
]}

Fins, Joseph J. ^{[6
]}

Helmy, Ismail ^{[5
]}

El Chaki, Rim ^{[4
]}

El Shazly, Tarek ^{[4
]}

Wafaradi, Deena ^{[4
]}

Mahfoud, Ziyad ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Div Med Eth, Doha, Qatar

[2] Dept Publ Hlth, Doha, Qatar

[3] Dept Global & Publ Hlth, Doha, Qatar

[4] Weill Cornell Med Coll Qatar, Doha, Qatar

[5] Hamad Med Corp, Dept Med Educ, Doha, Qatar

[6] Weill Cornell Med Coll, Div Med Eth, New York, NY USA

来源：

ONCOLOGIST | 2012年 / 17卷 / 11期

关键词：

Cancer; Truth disclosure; Cross-cultural practice; Islamic countries; PATIENT; INFORMATION;

D O I：

10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0128

中图分类号：

R73 [肿瘤学];

学科分类号：

100214 ;

摘要：

There is limited information regarding physicians' attitudes toward revealing cancer diagnoses to patients in the Arab world. Using a questionnaire informed by a seminal study carried out by Oken in 1961, our research sought to determine present-day disclosure practices in Qatar, identify physician sociodemographic variables associated with truth-telling, and outline trends related to future practice. A sample of 131 physicians was polled. Although nearly 90% of doctors said they would inform cancer patients of their diagnosis, similar to 66% of respondents stated that they made exceptions to their policy, depending on patient characteristics. These data suggest that clinical practices are somewhat discordant on professed beliefs about the ethical propriety of disclosure. The Oncologist 2012; 17: 1469-1474

引用

页码：1469 / 1474

页数：6

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