Below are the best articles we could find on Facing Own Death and cancer.
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Research into psychedelics, shut down for decades, is now yielding exciting results.
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Both providers and patients do have power to shape their experience together, especially if they take the time to have a few crucial conversations. In the spirit of palliation, here are a few things, as a physician, I wish I could share more often with patients and their caregivers.
This is written for the person with advanced cancer, but it can be helpful to the people who care for, love, and support this person, too.
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It is extremely difficult for anyone, especially young people in their 20s and 30s, to be told that their treatment(s) haven’t worked. If the cancer you have continues to progress despite treatment, it may be called end-stage cancer.
The time between diagnosis and death presents an opportunity for “extraordinary growth.”
A month ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out—a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver.
They’re changing how we approach end-of-life care.
The information offered here is not a substitute for professional advice. Please proceed with care and caution.
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