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Good death study of elderly patients with terminal cancer in Taiwan
Palliative Medicine, 07/11/08

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Cheng SY et al. - The dilemma of truth-telling compromises the autonomy of the elderly patients with terminal cancer and consequently affects their good death scores. The palliative care team should emphasize the issue of truth-telling in the process of caring for terminally ill cancer patients, especially elderly patients.

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