Despite difficulty, doctors need to disclose Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis
Delivering bad news is a difficult aspect of a doctor’s job. According to 2015 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures, only 45 percent of people with Alzheimer’s or their loved ones say they were told the diagnosis by their doctor. One physician writes that the decision to withhold the truth about Alzheimer’s robs people with the disease and their families of the chance to come to terms with what lies ahead and may leave them wondering and worrying about the cause of their symptoms.
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