Cancer and other serious conditions are all considered even if a terminal prognosis has been given.

A common fear among doctors is that providing a terminal prognosis will strip patients of hope.

Many physicians are slow to refer to hospice care, waiting until they are absolutely certain of a terminal prognosis.

Terminal prognosis she is told.

She receives a terminal prognosis from her oncologist and decides to hide the truth from Sandra.

Kerslake experienced symptoms of a lymphoma at age 15, and when he was 19, he was given a terminal prognosis.

The reluctance to truthfully disclose a terminal prognosis persists in southern Europe, including Italy and Spain.

Another said that the oncologists she worked with were reluctant to mention a terminal prognosis to patients, and simply went on giving chemotherapy until the patients died.

However, the federal standards set by Medicaid require the six-months terminal prognosis, and insurance providers may restrict access to hospice care to pediatric patients undergoing life-extending treatment.

Receiving a terminal prognosis may also open up conversations about death and dying that may be painful at first but can bring considerable relief to patients and family members alike.

For the sake of his life insurance he feigns symptoms of angina thus receiving a terminal prognosis from his doctor in an attempt to have his death appear natural.

After telling the family of Elizabeth's terminal prognosis, Matt, along with the girls and Alex's slacker friend Sid (Nick Krause), travel to Kauai.

Donna's farewell speech to Derek was again called moving by both a reviewer for the Liverpool Daily Post, and Simon, though she had previously despaired at Donna's optimism despite Derek's terminal prognosis.

There are now two further exclusions which apply - if the insured at the time of effecting insurance is receiving inpatient treatment or is on a waiting list for inpatient treatment and if he has received a terminal prognosis then no payments will be made.

Within the United States the term is largely defined by the practices of the Medicare system and other health insurance providers, which make hospice care available, either in an inpatient facility or at the patient's home, to patients with a terminal prognosis who are medically certified to have less than six months to live.

Mr. Mero, whose group numbers five doctors on its advisory committee and a hospice nurse among its 11 directors, said that in addition to offering emotional support medical volunteers would examine the patient and review his medical records to "verify the terminal prognosis, the mental competence and the voluntary nature of the terminally ill patient's request."