Indiana University

How Hope Affects Cancer Patients

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Air date: April 24, 2011

Host: Steve Bogdewic, PhD

Cancer Mental Health Men's & Women's Health Research
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Interview: Emily Beckman, DMH
Medical Humanities / Health Studies Program
Indiana University School of Liberal Arts, Indianapolis



Here’s a question oncologists still can’t answer: Does hope affect cancer patients’ decision-making? Or their outcomes?

Emily Beckman, DMH, teaches medical humanities, and she has been exploring this question in her research. Dr. Beckman will share some of her ideas with Dr. Bogdewic.

Dr. Beckman is on faculty at Indiana University School of Liberal Arts on the IUPUI campus.