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Hey, Doc, How Much Longer Am I Going to Live?

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The question in the title is one that patients commonly express these days. This certainly is a change in outlook compared with attitudes present when I was a resident more than 40 years ago. At that distant time, patients and family were often fearful of asking this question because they expected the stereotypical response, “You have only 6 months...

The Immortality Myth