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Striving for full disclosure—An intergenerational challenge
Author(s) -
AlSamkari Hanny
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.32636
Subject(s) - medicine , health professionals , full disclosure , family medicine , health care , nursing , computer security , computer science , economics , economic growth
It is no mystery to most health care professionals that prognostic disclosure to cancer patients in the United States is inadequate and needs improvement. Because this inadequacy crosses generations of oncologists, it prevents the instruction and evaluation of this critical skill in oncology fellows.