Editing Hope (section)

=== Impediments ===
There are two main arguments based on [[Decision-making|judgment]] against those who are advocates of using hope to help treat [[Catastrophic illness|severe illnesses]]. The first of which is that if physicians have too much hope, they may aggressively treat the patient. The physician will hold on to a small shred of hope that the patient may get better. Thus, this causes them to try methods that are costly and may have many side effects. One physician noted<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jarrett|first1=Christian|title=Is it ethical to instill false hope?|url=http://digest.bps.org.uk/2013/09/is-it-ethical-to-instil-false-hope-in.html|website=Research Digest|access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> that she regretted having hope for her patient; it resulted in her patient suffering through three more years of pain that the patient would not have endured if the physician had realized recovery was unfeasible.

The second argument is the division between hope and [[wish]]ing. Those that are hopeful are actively trying to investigate the best path of action while taking into consideration the obstacles. Research<ref name="Enayati 2013" /> has shown though that many of those who have "hope" are wishfully thinking and passively going through the motions, as if they are in denial about their actual circumstances. Being in [[denial]] and having too much hope may negatively impact both the patient and the physician.