Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Many Terminal Cancer Patients Mistakenly Believe A Cure Is Possible | Synopsis

Many Terminal Cancer Patients Mistakenly Believe A Cure Is Possible

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Dr. Joel Policzer review his patient, Lillian Landry, in the hospice wing of an Florida hospital in 2009. A new research found that many terminally ill cancer clients do not totally understand their prognosis. Dr. Joel Policzer review his patient, Lillian Landry, in the hospice wing of an Florida hospital in 2009. A new research found that many terminally ill cancer clients do not totally understand their prognosis.
J. Pat Carter/AP Physicians are commonly summoned to deliver bad news to clients, and there isn't really much that's worse than a medical diagnosis of an advanced-stage cancer for which there is no cure. But there's brand-new proof that a surprisingly huge bulk of clients who receive this news do not totally understand it, or possibly willfully choose to overlook it.

People:

Sandra Swain

Overall Sentiment: 0.064857

Relevance: 0.55062

SentimentQuote
0.0586992"You don't want to take away hope from patients," says Swain.
-0.0520069"You don't want to take away hope from patients," says Swain. "They're not going to be cured but it's not like they're going to die instantly. So it is a really hard balance to achieve."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0066923
  • Mean: 0.00334615
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Deborah Schrag

Overall Sentiment: 0.13274

Relevance: 0.493149

SentimentQuote
0"It's not that [doctors] don't disclose that chemotherapy won't cure the cancer. It's that we disclose quickly and then move on," she says. ...
0.0369017"It's not that [doctors] don't disclose that chemotherapy won't cure the cancer. It's that we disclose quickly and then move on," she says. "But patients always want positive news. In the short term, people will be happier if you give them happier news."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0369017
  • Mean: 0.01845085
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Lillian Landry

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.440982

Dr. Joel Policzer

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.42283

Dana-Farber

Overall Sentiment: 0.128206

Relevance: 0.38801

SentimentQuote
0.0177267"If you think chemo is going to cure you," she says, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0177267
  • Mean: 0.0177267
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Michelle Andrews

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.341705

J. Pat Carter/AP

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.337121

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Technology: chemotherapy

Overall Sentiment: 0.0340847

Relevance: 0.477022

Organization: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Overall Sentiment: -0.358797

Relevance: 0.529013

HealthCondition: cancers

Overall Sentiment: 0.076075

Relevance: 0.77614

Disambiguation: FieldOfStudy | DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | CauseOfDeath | DiseaseCause | MedicalSpecialty | RiskFactor | DiseaseReferences:

HealthCondition: colon cancer

Overall Sentiment: 0.0298348

Relevance: 0.430484

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