Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien
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To better understand the role of hope among terminally ill cancer patients. ⋯ Approaches aimed at sustaining hope need to reflect that patients' reactions might fluctuate between despair and a form of acceptance that leads to a certain serenity. Clinicians need to maintain some degree of hope while remaining as realistic as possible. The findings also raise questions about how hope influences patients' perceptions and acceptance of their treatments.
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To identify predictive variables of incident chronic benzodiazepine (BZD) use that could be assessed by prescribing physicians. ⋯ Physicians should be aware that patients are more likely to become chronic BZD users if they receive disability insurance or following a hospitalization. Combination of BZDs is a potentially problematic practice that could be increasing the risk of chronic use.