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Case Reports
. 1982 Mar;8(1):48-50.
doi: 10.1136/jme.8.1.48.

Truth at the last--a case of obstructed death?

R Higgs
Case Reports

Truth at the last--a case of obstructed death?

R Higgs. J Med Ethics. 1982 Mar.

Abstract

KIE: A physician describes and comments on the case of a middle-aged couple in which the husband requests that his wife not be told she has an incurable malignancy. When the wife finally confronts the doctor and demands the truth, her emotional depression is lifted and she dies soon afterward.

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