Can Unfounded Hope Harm Patients?

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Lawrence Schneiderman, MD Is there something wrong with being aggressively optimistic? Dr. Lawrence Schneiderman, professor emeritus in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and adjunct professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, takes a provocative stance on the harm of giving patients unfounded hope. Hosted by Dr. Leslie Lundt.