Citation

Strickland PJ. Aust. Fam. Physician 1994; 23(6): 1072-1075.

Affiliation

Department of General Practice, University of Western Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8053837

Abstract

Diagnosing a patient with cancer is often distressing and can create a dilemma for the doctor if the patient's reaction is likely to be unpredictable or the patient is threatening suicide. The author looks at these problems and reminds the reader that the results can sometimes be surprising.

Language: en