title: "Ethical hope"--a lifeline for sick patients.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grandinetti
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D004645:Empathy; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008020:Life Support Care; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012944:Social Support; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States