Supportive Care

Findings in supportive care reported from University of Milan, Medical Department

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 22nd, 2009

"Major cross-cultural differences in truth-telling attitudes and practices have been demonstrated. Until recently, in Italy the doctor could conceal both diagnosis and prognosis to seriously ill patients out of beneficence," scientists in Milan, Italy report.

"Signs of change have been reported, but the extent and way patients would be informed is still unknown. The aim of the study was to assess Italian patients' preferences regarding how they would like to be told about their cancer and its treatment. We examined the factor structure of the Measure of Patients' Preferences-Italian version (MPP-It) and whether demographical and medical variables were associated with...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-12-22)

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