Does doctors' own fear of dying hinder palliative care?
Humans have a deeply rooted, existential fear of death that lurks suppressed in their unconscious most of the time. Dr. Balfour Mount, a palliative care specialist, thinks this is one of the factors preventing the health care system from providing good and compassionate care for the dying.
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D001293:Attitude to Death; D002170:Canada; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*