You could argue that false hope makes patients feel good and stirs the same placebo effect as realistic hope. Those are both healing benefits. Why my insistence that Healthy Survivors nourish realistic hope?
Read moreHope that Works
"...hope, to provide what it can and should, needs to be tied to reality." That's the line that prompted me to share
Read moreHappy Despite My Brain Cancer Diagnosis
Journalist Jeffrey Weiss offers testimony to the benefits of "hopeful acceptance"--accepting a poor prognosis while hoping for the best possible outcome.
Read moreA Risk of Empowering Patients--Part III
Patient empowerment is intended to help patients. Like any power, it can harm. Patients may suffer untoward consequences if through their efforts to get good care...
Read moreA Risk of Empowering Patients--Part II
Not all patients embrace the idea of patient empowerment. In particular, some patients don't want to be actively involved in their treatment decisions. Others don't want to hear lists of things they should be doing to optimize their outcome. Why?
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