三年前，库尼被诊断出得了晚期卵巢癌。她因为工作的原因，知道主动要求接受姑息疗法。

Because of her work, Cooney knew to ask for palliative care when she was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer nearly three years ago.

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库尼说，她希望更多的患者及他们的家庭护理懂得主动去要求接受姑息疗法。她说：“患者认为‘如果我需要这种疗法的话，我的医生会告诉我的’，可事实上，患者得自己去要求。”

Cooney says she wishes that more patients and their caregivers knew to ask for palliative care. "people think, 'My doctor will ask if I need it,'" Cooney says. "But people need to ask for it."

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库尼说，她希望更多的患者及他们的家庭护理懂得主动去要求接受姑息疗法。她说：“患者认为‘如果我需要这种疗法的话，我的医生会告诉我的’，可事实上，患者得自己去要求。”

Cooney says she wishes that more patients and their caregivers knew to ask for palliative care. "People think, 'My doctor will ask if I need it,'" Cooney says.

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