TY  - JOUR
T1  - Malignant: Medical ethicists confront cancer
AU  - Egner JR
Y1  - 2012/10/10
N1  - 10.1001/jama.308.14.1483
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1483
EP  - 1484
VL  - 308
IS  - 14
N2  - 
The 7 academic bioethicists who authored chapters in this book encountered cancer personally as survivors, primary caregivers, or both. Some were theoreticians, some saw patients, all were scholars. They described their experiences, collaborated, and commented on the cancer disease process, diagnostics, and treatment. Although familiar with the medical system in the United States, they felt unprepared for their experiences and at times “disoriented and unsure how to proceed.” Some of this was attributable to the pace and to pressures to act and decide quickly despite multiple options often having consequences of severe adverse effects and uncertain outcomes.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.308.14.1483
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.308.14.1483
ER  -