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Isolation vs. Silence: What Cancer Patients Are Hiding
When cancer patients stop talking, what are they really experiencing?
Cancer does not always make patients speak more about what they are goingthrough. Sometimes, it makes them quieter.
Behind silence can be fear, anxiety, uncertainty, treatment fatigue, fear ofbecoming a burden, or simply not knowing how to express what they areexperiencing.
This episode looks at the difference between isolation and silencein cancer care — and why a patient who appears quiet may still becarrying significant psychological distress.
For clinicians and caregivers, the challenge is not simply to ask whether…
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