The collusion in discussing prognosis with cancer patients
Two people sit in an exam room. One has an illness that will end their life. The other knows. Neither wants to say it out loud, so neither does. The conversation drifts toward next steps (another scan, another line of therapy, another visit on the calendar), and both leave the room feeling that it went well.
This is not a thought experiment. In 2012, the New England Journal of Medicine published …
The collusion in discussing prognosis with cancer patients
