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Attitudes of cancer patients and their families toward disclosure of cancer diagnosis in Saudi Arabia: a Middle Eastern population example

Ahmad S Alzahrani1 Mental Health Department, Neuroscience Center, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]

Abdullah Alqahtani1 Mental Health Department, Neuroscience Center, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, [email protected]

Maher Alhazmi1 Mental Health Department, Neuroscience Center, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, [email protected]

Rehab Gaafar2 Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Doaa Bajabir1 Mental Health Department, Neuroscience Center, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, [email protected]

Ibtehaj M Alharbi3 College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia

Ashwaq MF Alharbi3 College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia

Ghufran Kheshaifaty1 Mental Health Department, Neuroscience Center, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, [email protected]

Aamer Alzahrani4 College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Pages 1659-1666 | Published online: 03 Sep 2018

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