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Monday, February 01, 2010

full free access: from the series - the Art of Oncology : "Pessimism Is No Poison"



"....The fellow asked the oncologist why he was so pessimistic when talking with the patient. Why did he say things to make the patient and her husband cry? Shouldn't he have given the patient more hope? Would it not have been better for the patient to hear this dire news in chunks over the course of several clinic visits? After all, the patient was so young she may just beat the odds....."