Lack of Truth-Telling in Palliative Care and Its Effects among Nurses and Nursing Students

Unclear communication of inauspicious prognoses may disorientate both patients and their relatives, drastically jeopardizing the planning of palliative care. This paper considers the issue of truth-telling in the communicative problems of nurses and students of nursing with terminally ill patients....

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Main Authors: Ines Testoni, Michael Alexander Wieser, Dafni Kapelis, Sara Pompele, Marino Bonaventura, Robert Crupi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Behavioral Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/10/5/88