"When it comes to receiving cancer treatment, your marital status might make a significant difference in the level of medical care you get, according to a new study.
University of Delaware researcher Joan DelFattore suggests there's a subtle bias at work when physicians weigh up which treatments best suit their patients' needs - one that prizes a spouse's support above all others, in sickness and in health.
...Her findings have led her to conclude single patients are less likely to receive the kind of surgery and radiotherapy that could save their life.
"The statistics definitely show a connection between marital status and the treatment patients receive," says DelFattore..."
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