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Annals of Oncology Advance Access originally published online on March 24, 2006
Annals of Oncology 2006 17(5):733-734; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl061
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© 2006 European Society for Medical Oncology

editorial

A good death for cancer patients: still a dream?

E. Aitini1 and G. L. Cetto2

Medical Oncology Department, 1 Mantova and 2 Verona, Italy

(E-mail: enrico.aitini@ospedalimantova.it)

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For some time now more attention has been given to the patient–doctor relationship in patients with grave illnesses, and in particular terminal or pre-terminal cancer patients, in the hope that a more personal relationship can contribute to improving the difficult existential situation in which these patients find themselves [1Go–3Go].

In the Old Testament, Ecclesiaste, who has had his Hebrew name of Qoelet restored, said that of all the moments in human existence, life and death should be united: ‘there is a time to be born and a time to die’, what has happened in the past will happen again and what has taken place in the past will take place in the future.

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