When alternative medicine can kill

July 10, 2008

A patient who refuses traditional breast cancer treatment: “Apparently, this woman was a die-hard believer in ‘alternative medicine.’ And I do mean ‘die hard,’ as she will quite likely die very hard for her beliefs, if she has not already in the interval between this tumor board and now.”

(via NHS Blog Doctor)



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