My Virtual Reading Room

Originally posted by kor_sun at post

(The text in the speech bubble says: "You cannot take such an attitude towards those around you! Your lack of trust is really offensive!")

Communication, Comfort, and Closure for the Patient With Cystic Fibrosis at the End of Life: The Role of the Bedside Nurse, from the Symptom Management Series, in the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.

This one linked me to some others...these are more of general interest, especially these two:

Could the "Power of Yes" Be a Big Lie?

(Medscape, free and quick registration)

Closely related, and more detailed, from NPR:
The Painful Side of Positive Health Care Marketing

And two related articles from earlier this year:

Do patients really 'fight' for their survival?, from the BMA's "The Secret Doctor"

(a friend had sent this along, in the summer)

Don't tell John McCain to Fight His Cancer (Medscape)
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...and if anybody wants to know my opinion on the subject, let me know, I'll make a separate post...