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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- Societal pressures that blur the distinction between privacy and secrecy can serve to deny patients the support they need, Evan Imber-Black, Ph.D., said at a meeting sponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
Patients and those closest to them often are so concerned with maintaining what they see as their privacy that they will not be honest about their illnesses with those that deserve that openness, said Dr. Imber-Black, director of the Center for Families and Health at the Ackerman Institute, New York.
"No family wakes up...
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