The role of hope for health professionals in rehabilitation: A qualitative study on unfavorable prognosis communication.

BACKGROUND:The communication of prognosis represents an ethical and clinical challenge in medical practice due to the inherent uncertain character of prognostic projections. The literature has stressed that the mode of communicating prognoses has an impact on patients' hope, which is considered...

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Main Authors: Mirjam Amati, Nicola Grignoli, Sara Rubinelli, Julia Amann, Claudia Zanini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224394