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/^t/In the book "Doctors talk about themselves", there appears: "Sometimes I know I'm not really curing my patients. They are curing themselves. I'm just aiding in that cure and that is all I can do." The doctor tried to stress here how much depends on whether a person develops a positive or a negative attitude towards a treatment and life in general. In extreme cases it may determine whether a patient will live or die. For instance, there was the case of a boy who had a cancer and bravely fought in the disease until he broke down after the death of his friend with whom he was going through chemotherapy. After his decision not to live any more the end came very quickly. Other statements from the book include: "The rule is that before the medicine has a chance to work a patient has to see the reason to keep living. The more effective a doctor in showing that reason, the better."