Canarutto P, Delsedime I
Minerva Med. 1986 Aug 25;77(32-33):1467-72.
Interviews with cancer patients, their families and hospital staff have been carried out in order to give psychological help to these patients. One of the purpose was to give each patient the possibility to speak about his fears and his distress. The authors show how different people react to a possibly mortal illness, and give an account about these patients' relations with their families, hospital doctors and nurses. Hospital staff and family members, in fact, continuously do their best to mislead cancer patients about diagnosis and prognosis; but, since ill people are usually aware (unconsciously, sometimes) of the severity of their disease, these lies leave patients completely alone to deal with the awareness of cancer and death.
为了给癌症患者提供心理帮助，我们对癌症患者、他们的家人以及医院工作人员进行了访谈。目的之一是让每位患者都有可能说出自己的恐惧和痛苦。作者展示了不同的人对可能致命的疾病的反应，并讲述了这些患者与家人、医院医生和护士的关系。事实上，医院工作人员和家庭成员一直在竭尽全力向癌症患者隐瞒诊断和预后情况；但是，由于患者通常（有时是无意识地）意识到自己疾病的严重性，这些谎言让患者完全孤立无援地应对对癌症和死亡的认知。
