Is cancer a good way to die? A population-based survey among middle-aged and older adults in the United Kingdom
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- 作者：Charlotte Vrinten ; c.vrinten@ucl.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Jane Wardle1
- 关键词：Cancer ; Heart disease ; Attitude to death ; End-of-life ; Public perceptions
- 刊名：European Journal of Cancer
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：56
- 期：Complete
- 页码：172-178
- 全文大小：525 K
文摘
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Cancer remains widely feared, because of its link with a long and painful death.
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Many prefer to die from heart disease instead because it is considered ‘quick and neat’.
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However, middle-aged and older adults seem more positive about dying from cancer than heart disease.
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They rated cancer more positively on five characteristics of ‘a good death’.
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In addition, 40% of them viewed cancer as ‘the best way to die’.