Midwest Sociology

Allison Nobles

Dec. 17, 2018, 10:06 p.m.

Crosspost from
Clippings

Can Marriage Cure Cancer?

No, absolutely not. But married patients often receive more aggressive cancer treatment than those who are unmarried. Joan DelFattore, author of a recent article in The Washington Post, believes it might have something to do with doctors’ perceptions of unmarried people — specifically that unmarried people are less able to handle aggressive treatments than married […]

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