title: [Understanding of patients suffering from gastroenterologic incurable disease: perspective of celebrities' embracement].
abstract: Diagnosis and treatment of gastroenterologic disease have been progressed after twentieth century. Now days a lot of diseases, which were called incurable diseases before have been treated or managed successfully. But, there are still many incurable diseases left, including advanced cancer and inflammatory bowel disease in gastroenterology. Here we reviewed some cases of celebrities' gastroenterologic incurable diseases. We hoped to widen our understandings of those diseases and give opportunities for the better treatment. Embracements of patients suffering from gastroenterologic incurable diseases were diverse. We can find out they ended their lives doing the most precious things. Among them, the love for their family members were the most universal and important concerns. We hope the patients suffering from gastroenterologic incurable diseases can have more opportunities for better treatments and to be understood in their situations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. moonjs2@unitel.co.kr
authors.forename: Jeong Seop
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Moon
mesh_terms: D032882:Comprehension; D005197:Famous Persons; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans