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Men often not told severity of wife's cancer

(Science Daily) UPDATED 2008-07-09
A Swedish study has found that many men are not told about the severity of their wife's cancer. In fact, 40 percent of the 691 widowers questioned in the study say they were never told that their spouse's cancer was incurable, or they were told only in the final week of her life. Experts say that this trend in health information communication is the same in the United States and other countries, and that it leaves men unprepared for the death of their spouse.  Read full story >
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