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Table 3 The categorization of the patients

From: In the shadow of bad news – views of patients with acute leukaemia, myeloma or lung cancer about information, from diagnosis to cure or death

Patient

1 Information- dependent and accepting

2 Information- dependent but denying

3 Medically informed and accepting

4 Medically informed but denying

A

  

X

 

B

(X)

   

C

X

   

D

  

X

 

E

X

   

F

  

X

 

G

  

X

 

V

X

   

W

   

X

X

 

X

  

Y

X

   

Z

  

X

 
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BMC Palliative Care

ISSN: 1472-684X

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