Why many oncologists fail to share accurate prognoses: They care deeply for their patients | Zendy

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Why many oncologists fail to share accurate prognoses: They care deeply for their patients

Author(s) -

Abernethy Eli Rowe,

Campbell Gavin Paul,

Pentz Rebecca D.

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

cancer

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052

H-Index - 304

eISSN - 1097-0142

pISSN - 0008-543X

DOI - 10.1002/cncr.32635

Subject(s) - medicine , optimism , intensive care medicine , simple (philosophy) , medline , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , political science , law

Although most patients with cancer wish to know their prognosis, oncologists often fail to initiate timely and repeated discussions of prognosis with their patients. This gap, rooted in physicians' deep care and optimism for their patients, may be narrowed by 3 complementary approaches: asking simple questions to open up the discussion, assessing patient preferences, and using prognostic tools that can help with the accuracy of prognoses.

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