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The physician, the patient, and cancer.

Hollender Mh
- 01 Jan 1955 - 
- Vol. 107, Iss: 1, pp 20-23
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This article is published in Illinois medical journal.The article was published on 1955-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cancer & MEDLINE.

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How the medical staff copes with dying patients: a critical review.

TL;DR: Although not conclusive, the literature reviewed suggests that as a result both of their personality structures and the training they receive, medical practitioners associate dying patients with failure and disappointment and tend to cope with death by avoiding it.