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How do you approach a treatment relationship with a patient who is non-adherent to recommendations and also is not interested in transfer to another practitioner?

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How do you approach patient requests for medical time away from work or other accommodations (such as disability paperwork) when the patients have mild-moderate symptoms being managed in the outpatient setting?

How do you evaluate for time off? Return to work? How do you deal with time off requests in the presence of non-adherence to treatment recommendations...

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Should I treat a patient who doesn't know she has cancer?

My patient’s family has asked that I don’t tell her that she has metastatic cancer because it will devastate her. I am planning on palliat...

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How do you counsel patients with locally advanced malignancies who have ECOG 3-4?

How do you advise patients who strongly desire chemotherapy?

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How do you approach patients with underlying psychiatric disorders who refuse CML treatment due to not believing their diagnosis?

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How do you present the trade off between a small chance of a sustained response for a new drug at the expense of potential worsening quality of life?

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