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...Much to Tell? Dr. Victor A. Gilbertsen described a research follow-up on the attitudes of 298 patients who had been surgically cured of stomach or intestinal cancer from five to 20 years ago at the University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis. Only 13%, including some mental patients, had not known that their disease was cancer. Of the 87% who knew, the vast majority had been told by their doctors, a few by relatives or friends, and a handful had found out by reading hospital charts or insurance reports, and by overhearing doctors' talk. Of those who had been...
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