Intended and unintended consequences: Ethics, communication, and prognostic disclosure in pediatric oncology

The majority of patients desire all available prognostic information, but some physicians hesitate to discuss prognosis. The objective of the current study was to examine outcomes of prognostic disclosure among the parents of children with cancer.

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