Letter to the Editor

To Tell or Not: The Chinese Doctors’ Dilemma on Disclosure of a Cancer Diagnosis to the Patient

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WANG H, ZHAO F, WANG X, CHEN X. To Tell or Not: The Chinese Doctors’ Dilemma on Disclosure of a Cancer Diagnosis to the Patient. Iran J Public Health. 2018;47(11):1773-1774.