Abstract
This retrospective study examined the records of 80 patients, referred to a consultation-liaison service, to ascertain the outcome with those persons who had expressed fear of impending death during forthcoming surgery. Five of six patients with a premonition of death and who had all taken action in that regard, such as making funeral arrangements, were alive over one year later. Of five other patients who did die, only one had actively mentioned the possibility of death. Only one of seven patients referred for a high level of anxiety died, and that was after refusal of recommended surgery. “Death-minded” or fearful patients thus did not do poorly in surgery.
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