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Would not someone refusing treatment for cancer be diagnosed with mental illness?
by t-3 4y ago
Would not someone refusing treatment for cancer be diagnosed with mental illness?
- devilbunny 4y agoNo. Refusing treatment for some cancers might be a sign of mental illness, though not definitive proof. Testicular cancer, for example, is highly amenable to treatment. Whereas pancreatic cancer is not. Refusing treatment for pancreatic cancer is entirely rational - the chances of a cure are almost nil unless it's caught incidentally during another procedure and can be surgically removed.