The main challenges for conveying prognostic information to patients

What does the author of "The Message is Not as Mean as We May Think" discuss as the main challenges for conveying prognostic information to patients? * (2 Points) Patients don’t want their doctors to be realistic because they would rather continue to have hope than to be fully informed of their prognosis Physicians are often too blunt and straightforward with prognostic information, causing patients to quickly O lose hope and subsequently give up on pursuing further treatments Patients often have difficulty understanding statistical probabilities as well as different preferences for how O information should be framed and presented to them Physicians ought to strive to "maintain hope" for their patients, meaning they should try to downplay bad O news while presenting the truth to patients 2. In what way do the authors of "Valuing Hope" think that hope is connected to a person’s identity? * (2 Points) It is important for people to have hope, regardless of the chances of the hoped-for event actually occurring, O because it motivates people to form desires and work toward their goals Having hope, in a general sense, can shape a person’s disposition by giving them the feeling that their life O has meaning and their actions are worthwhile Hope informs a person’s spiritual identity, so losing hope may also result in losing one’s faith and spirituality which in turn can undermine the healing process Having hope for something, in a specific sense, often leaves patients in denial about their situation and can O compromise their autonomy