Does truth telling improve psychological distress of palliative care patients: A systematic review
Abstract
Authors’ objectives
To identify and review studies that measured whether telling the truth has a positive or negative effect on the patients’ psychological distress, and to draw conclusions as to whether truth disclosure is beneficial or not in reducing psychological distress in palliative care patients.
Authors
Leliopoulo C, Wilkinson SM, Fellowes D
Year
2002
Topics
- Population(s)
- General HIV- population