The opinion of the patient and patient relatives on giving information a bout the cancer diagnosis

The Opinion Of The Patient and Patient Relatives On Giving İnformation A bout The Cancer DiagnosisToday, we are facing up cancer issues approximately a hundred thousand times in a year. Its mortality rate is stil high due to the fact that patient relatives, in general, is not eager to talk about the cancer to the patient. Though, medical ethics call for patients to know his/her illness and to make cooperation. It is our aim to enlight this argumentative issue with a inquery project.Our project is applied on 50 patients and 50 patient relatives in Afyon Kocatepe Research and Practical Hospital at the chemotherapy unit and the other units. Percentage and chi-square tests are applied to evaluate the datas gained.Our inquiries are prepared differently for the patients and patient relatives. In both inquiries, it includes introductive features in the first section and there are the questions to take the datas in the second and third sections.Based on the findings obtained in the study, recommendations have been put forth.Keywords: The İnterview, The Patient, The Patient Relatives, The Cancer.