The Perils of Hope
One of the most entrenched commandments in medicine is: “Never take away a patient's hope!” Often it is issued during the treatment of a terminally ill patient to spur and justify the continuation of aggressive life-prolonging efforts. Hope has been called one of a patient‘s “most powerful inte...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2005
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2005, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 235-239 |
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