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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Difficulty Accepting a Terminal Prognosis Linked with Depression, Anxiety, and Suffering - A Cancer Journal for Clinicians



Dissenting Opinion:

"Not all clinicians agree with the foregoing interpretations of these findings. "I've certainly seen people who denied dying up to their last breath and somehow never accepted it," Dr. Holland tells CA. "Were they more upset? I'm not sure."
She cautioned against allowing the findings by Dr. Thompson and colleagues to set a tone in which nonaccepting patients are viewed as dysfunctional."

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