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Is the palliative care of anorexics an insufficient alternative?

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Is the palliative care of anorexics an insufficient alternative?

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Palliative care is defeatist and does not attempt to cure the problem: Doctors do not often have to deal with severe or chronic anorexia. Just because it is a very long treatment schedule that can be harrowing for a doctor, this not a reason to settle for palliative care. Better support structures ought to be put in place to enable the doctor to fulfil their obligation to the patient.