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Seasons of Survival: Reflections of a Physician with Cancer
Abstract
When I was given a diagnosis of cancer, my first thought was not, Will I die? but rather, How can I beat this? Like a youngster who flunks a big test, I immediately began to worry about what to do to pass the course. I was 32 years old at the time, a physician, a husband, a parent, and a son. I had been healthy, athletic, and free of pain, but with the diagnosis, I became formally sick. My mind and my hopes riveted immediately on the goal of cure. Cure. The word itself became magic for me, a . . .
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mullan, F.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 1985-07-25
- Volume
- 313
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 270-273
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2035639623
- Cited by
- 810
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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