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Experts in palliative care differ on whether or not patients who are terminally ill should be informed that they are dying.

A debate, published online April 24 in BMJ, reflects the latest thinking on both sides of the issue. On the yes side are Emily Collis, MD, a consultant in palliative medicine at Pembridge Palliative Care Centre, St. Charles’ Hospital, and Katherine E. Sleeman, MD, PhD, from the Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College, both in London, […]