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Should the Patient Know the Truth?

A Response of physicians, nurses, clergymen, and lawyers

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  • © 1955

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Editors:
  1. Samuel Standard

    1. New York University College of Medicine, USA
      Bellevue Hospital and University Hospital, USA
      Sydenham Hospital, New York, USA

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  2. Helmuth Nathan

    1. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
      Bronx Municipal Medical Center, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-13
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  2. Truth, An Instrument in Therapy

    • Samuel Standard
    Pages 15-28

  3. The Magnificence of Understanding

    • Ilse S. Wolff
    Pages 29-39

  4. The Patient Speaks

    • Martin G. Goldner
    Pages 40-46

  5. What Patient, What Truth?

    • Bernard C. Meyer
    Pages 47-58

  6. The Part of Disease That is Fear

    • Samuel Z. Orgel
    Pages 59-64

  7. Special Problems in Psychiatric Nursing

    • M. Olga Weiss
    Pages 65-71

  8. Unconditionally Yes

    • Owen H. Wangensteen
    Pages 72-78

  9. In a Cancer Hospital

    • Edith S. Wolf
    Pages 79-82

  10. A Surgeon’s Kindness Comes Through

    • Henry W. Cave
    Pages 83-86

  11. Other Times, Other Fears

    • Isidore Snapper
    Pages 87-87

  12. What One Neurosurgeon Does

    • Leo M. Davidoff
    Pages 88-92

  13. An Obstetrician Meets Adversities

    • Alan F. Guttmacher
    Pages 93-99

  14. The Sick Child Knows

    • Ruth Frank Baer
    Pages 100-106

  15. A Cardiac Consultant’s Way

    • Paul D. White
    Pages 107-110

  16. An Administrator’s Procedures

    • E. M. Bluestone
    Pages 111-114

  17. Sympathy and Objectivity in Balance

    • Eloise R. Lewis, Esther K. Sump
    Pages 115-119

  18. Ethics in Nursing Responsibility

    • Sister Bernadette Armiger
    Pages 120-129

  19. The Priest’s Response

    • John A. Goodwine
    Pages 130-134

  20. The Rabbi’s Response

    • Louis I. Newman
    Pages 135-142
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Editors and Affiliations

  • New York University College of Medicine, USA

    Samuel Standard

  • Bellevue Hospital and University Hospital, USA

    Samuel Standard

  • Sydenham Hospital, New York, USA

    Samuel Standard

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

    Helmuth Nathan

  • Bronx Municipal Medical Center, USA

    Helmuth Nathan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Should the Patient Know the Truth?

  • Book Subtitle: A Response of physicians, nurses, clergymen, and lawyers

  • Editors: Samuel Standard, Helmuth Nathan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40485-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1955

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-39421-2Published: 01 January 1955

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-40485-0Published: 27 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 160

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Medical Law

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