# Do doctors really provide estimated death times to those who are terminally ill?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-doctors-really-provide-estimated-death-times-to-those-who-are-terminally-ill/759799 "2016-07-13T10:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-doctors-really-provide-estimated-death-times-to-those-who-are-terminally-ill/759799/61 "2016-07-15T17:12:51Z")

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> [@ivylass](#):
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> How’s the SIL handling it?

Fuck the SIL. Don’t care. Hoping we have a short time remaining that we have to deal w/ HER crap.

Getting rougher for my wife. Big fight yesterday and today over something I did that I seriously doubt would have been worth more than a comment at other times. I perceive her emotions are changing as the end becomes nearer. Even tho her mom was pretty worthless all along, the imminent loss of a parent is still significant.

Me, I’m basically just viewing it as a release. But I have to be careful not to state as much IRL, even to my wife.

But, that’s fodder for another thread…

And I thought the joke went:  
Good news and bad news - tests reveal you only have a 7 days to live.  
Is that the good news or bad?  
Well, we’ve been trying to get in touch with you for the past week…

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