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...fatal disease - of those widowers who were told that their wife's cancer was incurable, 79% received the news from the doctor. Still, patients and families do control at least some of the information flow, Dahlstrand says. "Sometimes a spouse can block out what the doctor is trying to tell them," she says. "So, the doctor must be as straightforward and unambiguous as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Many Not Told Spouse Is Terminally Ill | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

...tell you that this is very, very important. I'm a person who is just an advocate of truth. I really will do anything to tell the truth, so it took me a long time to get to the point where I say, just don't tell. Because how does it make a person less guilty to inflict terrible pain on someone? Which is exactly what the confession does. It puts the other person in a permanent state of hurt and grief and loss of trust and an inability to feel safe, and it doesn't alleviate your guilt. Your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Have Affairs — And Why Not to Tell | 7/8/2008 | See Source »

...solve their problems. It's a terrible way to have to wake up, but I work with so many couples who've gone through all of the stages and come out the other end in a much better place than they ever were, especially if they don't tell. And the problem with telling is that you're then taking all of the time in therapy and in your life where you should be focusing on making the relationship the best it can be. You spend it just talking about the past. [But] no one can change the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Have Affairs — And Why Not to Tell | 7/8/2008 | See Source »

...Holocaust Research and Education. Every week, he travels to towns, villages and refugee camps in the West Bank trying to enlighten his fellow Palestinians. Says Mahameed, "Even with the militants, when I explain to them that Israel's brutal policies in the Palestinian territories stem from the Holocaust, they tell me 'You're bringing us an atomic bomb. We need to think about this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching Auschwitz to the Palestinians | 7/8/2008 | See Source »

...West Bank into treating the Palestinians more humanely. "If the Israelis believe that the Holocaust justifies this kind of brutal discrimination, then they're wrong." He travels through army checkpoints showing his ID card and a photo from Auschwitz. At first he's met with suspicion. "I tell the soldiers that this could be a photo of their grandfather, and that I understand that they, as Jews, are unique victims. But the paradox is that we Palestinians have the Holocaust on our shoulders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching Auschwitz to the Palestinians | 7/8/2008 | See Source »

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