Recently released "The Bucket List" movie also addresses the issue...maybe not in the same arena as your average patient...but it does bring attention to the matter of how would one cope with the news...none the less something physicians deal with as part of what they do and something that never gets any easier for the physician or the patient especially. BD
Putting a time stamp on someone's life, several doctors told ABCNEWS.com, is something that few doctors are willing to do. Instead, they employ much more methodical and caring techniques of breaking the news to terminally ill patients.
Many patients fear abandonment, Grodin said, so doctors must be sure to take the time to remind their terminally ill patients that even though a cure might be out of the question, their health is still important to them.
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