Learning From Improbable Longevity

Elder narrates that some patients simply defy the natural history of their disease whether in 1955 or today. This is no place more evident than the large number of childhood survivors of chronic medical disease arriving into the world of internal medicine. For many of these survivors and the physici...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2013-11, Vol.310 (19), p.2041-2042
Main Author: Elder, Robert W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic illnesses
Lifelong learning
Quality of life
Survivor
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Summary:Elder narrates that some patients simply defy the natural history of their disease whether in 1955 or today. This is no place more evident than the large number of childhood survivors of chronic medical disease arriving into the world of internal medicine. For many of these survivors and the physicians who care for them, he tells that it is hard to precisely define the factors that make improbable longevity possible, most likely because they are unique to the individual. For the physician, like him, perhaps the best approach is humility.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2013.276685