"Doctor, what are my chances"?
Langlands, A.
Australian Family Physician 20(10): 1426-1430
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8495 PMID: 1793392 Document Number: 381705
There can be no more difficult consultation than one in which the clinician has to explain a diagnosis of cancer and provide information on likely outcomes. The considerable skills in communication that are necessary are not usually part of medical training and the generalisations of the textbooks are of little value.