Empathy files
Mental health and prognosis
Effects of stress, depression on cancer patients
Effects of cortisol dysregulation and inflammation
Meta-analysis: depression and mortality rates
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What doctors can do
Importance of physician empathy to patient outcomes
For Cancer Patients, A Little Empathy Goes a Long Way
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from NCBI's Cancer Care for the Whole Patient
The Psychosocial Needs of Cancer Patients
The Consequences of Unmet Needs
On the perils of the pink ribbon
Stop Demanding Positivity from Cancer Survivors
Positivity Is Bullshit When You Have Cancer
A Sick Stigma
Downside of Beating Cancer
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