Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 53-58 , July 2004

The attitude toward truth telling of cancer in Taiwan

  • Shing-Yaw Wang

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886-7-3121101; fax: +886-7-3112492
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan, ROC
    • Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Chung-Hey Chen

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Yong-Shing Chen

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Huei-Lin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Received 6 September 2002 ,Accepted 10 September 2003.

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PII: S0022-3999(03)00566-X

doi: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00566-X

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 53-58 , July 2004

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