A 2016 Study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that “only 5% of cancer patients accurately understood their prognoses well enough to make informed decisions about their care.” Take a look at how an internist received the delivery of his pancreatic cancer diagnosis, and why his reflections have led him to advocate for an improvement in communication skills. How the focus can be shifted from trying to “cure a disease to healing a person physically, emotionally and spiritually.”
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