title: Optimism amid serious disease: clinical panacea or ethical conundrum?: comment on "Recovery expectations and long-term prognosis of patients with coronary heart disease".
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Research and Centers for Ethics, Medical Humanities and Palliative Care, University of Rochester, NY 14620, USA. Robert_Gramling@URMC.Rochester.edu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gramling
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States