How do doctors determine the amount of time a terminally ill patient has left?
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I thought I heard that in Australia they’ve more or less abandoned the practice of telling some patients how much time they think they’ve got, especially with cancer, because so many things can vary the outcome, and telling people they only have 6 months often takes the will to fight out of people, or becomes a self-serving prophecy.
So they only tell you if it’s a short time left and you need to get affairs in order and things like that.
Someone can correct or clarify for me if I’m remembering correctly or not.
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