Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Dec 2020
Communicating prognostic information: what do oncologists think patients with incurable cancer should be told?
People with incurable cancer require information about their prognosis to make informed decisions about their future. ⋯ Most oncologists reported providing quantitative estimates of EST to their patients with incurable cancer, but very few reported documenting this information. Methods to help oncologists estimate, explain and document survival time are needed to improve communication of prognosis.
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Internal medicine journal · Dec 2020
Pandemics in ancient Greek and Roman coinage: medical memories at the service of hope.
Medical goddesses and gods invoked in the Hippocratic Oath were called on in times of pandemics along with Greek physicians such as Galen of Pergamum. Ancient Greek and Roman coinage provide insights into the coexisting religious and rational approaches to medicine rooted in Classical Antiquity, portraying medical symbols and gestures akin to contemporary medicine.