title: [The incurable patient under the guidance of his doctor and relatives].
abstract: Caring for an incurable patient during the last phases of his life belongs to the hardest duties of a doctor and requires empathy and sympathy. It is important to find the narrow pathway between truth and hope, to take the fear from the patient, that he would be left alone, and to preserve always his human dignity.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012068:Religion and Medicine