According to patient and author David Spero, R.N., "In most conditions, for most people, the passive approach - going to a doctor, a series of doctors, or other healers and saying 'fix me' - offers much less than a 50-50 chance of success. One large study of people with cancer found that only 22% of those who reacted passively were still alive after ten years, compared to 75% of those who reacted with a 'fighting spirit.' The difference in outcomes - though not necessarily in mortality - can be as great or greater in other conditions, particularly chronic ones."
