2008
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23647
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Cancer and bioethics: Caring and consensus

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“…These steps involve lessening the chance that patients and families will want to struggle against impossible odds and at great cost to their dignity and bodily integrity. 5,11 Physicians and nurses need to be measured in offering hope to patients and families. Hope is a powerful ally in fighting serious disease and terminal illness, but when false hope is tied to expectations for miracles, then hope is converted to an expectation of a positive outcome when none is possible.…”
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“…These steps involve lessening the chance that patients and families will want to struggle against impossible odds and at great cost to their dignity and bodily integrity. 5,11 Physicians and nurses need to be measured in offering hope to patients and families. Hope is a powerful ally in fighting serious disease and terminal illness, but when false hope is tied to expectations for miracles, then hope is converted to an expectation of a positive outcome when none is possible.…”
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“…Hope is a powerful ally in fighting serious disease and terminal illness, but when false hope is tied to expectations for miracles, then hope is converted to an expectation of a positive outcome when none is possible. 11 Miracles happen, but expectations for them ought not be the building blocks for comforting patients and families. Short-term goals and little victories are a much more sound foundation for hope.…”
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“…16 Las bases para el desarrollo de un Programa de Cuidados Paliativos han sido definidas como el establecimiento de una política gubernamental que subraya la necesidad de aliviar los dolores y el sufrimiento en el paciente con cáncer avanzado, la disponibilidad de medicamentos con regulación de la legislación (en particular los opioides), la ejecución de una política de educación , capacitación de la población y del personal de salud, para garantizar la comprensión del enfoque paliativo y la ejecución de esta atención. 17 Las consecuencias psicosociales del diagnóstico de cáncer de mama puede incluir temor de recurrencia o muerte, estrés familiar, aislamiento social, depresión, alteración de la imagen corporal y problemas económicos. La concurrencia de estos problemas y su cronicidad pueden conducir al enfermo a estados severos de angustia.…”
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