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Publication details [#6582]

Maseide, Per. 1981. Sincerity may frighten the patient: Medical dilemmas in patient care. Journal of Pragmatics 5 (2-3) : 145–167.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

doctor-patient conversation | ethics | sincerity

Journal WWW

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Annotation

Moral and pragmatic aspects of 'sincerity' and 'honesty' in human communication are presented, together with general remarks on doctor-patient interaction.