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Whereas the traditional hospital situation places a premium on inculcating an attitude of docility, compliance, and dependency on the part of the patient and his or her family, such attitudes are more often in direct conflict with the way in which most men in our society have been socialized. An understanding of how such gender role conditioning affects men's behavior would appear to have much value in offering more effective intervention procedures to terminally ill male patients and their families, and to men who are intimately involved with a terminally ill patient.
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This article is dedicated to my mother and father. The author greatly appreciates the skilled typing and clerical assistance of Connie Butler, the astute editorial suggestions of Laura Nagy, and the extremely helpful comments of Jean Sanville.
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Silverberg, R.A. Men confronting death: Management versus self determination. Clin Soc Work J 13, 157–169 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00755480
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