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Sixty seconds on . . . cancer bells
BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5644 (Published 19 September 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l5644Linked Opinion
It’s time to call time on “The end of treatment bell”
- Gareth Iacobucci
- The BMJ
Hear ye, hear ye
Some people might prefer not to. This week, the UK press1 reported that the Lingen Davies Oncology Centre at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has removed the bell rung by cancer patients to celebrate the end of their treatment, following concerns that it’s insensitive and upsets other patients. The hospital is …
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