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To the Editor: Drickamer and Lachs (April 2 issue)¹ thoughtfully discuss the ethics of telling patients with Alzheimer's disease their diagnosis, but they do not tell of the agony of knowing, nor of its possible consequences.

As a doctor who has suffered personally from the horrible effects of Alzheimer's disease -- my wife died of this scourge last year -- I have something to say about whether it is right to tell a victim the truth about his or her disease and prognosis. I think we should look at it this way: Do any of us really want to know . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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