Sentence examples for fatalism I from inspiring English sources

Some participants in this study believed that genetic risk information could lead to fatalism, i.e. people being less motivated to change their behaviour.

Furthermore, cancer fatalism (i.e. the belief that cancer is inevitable) is higher in some ethnic groups, which has also been suggested as a reason to forego breast cancer screening [37,38].

Negative views of oral health or oral health fatalism (i.e. belief that poor oral health was inevitable and cannot be avoided), did not appear to be a major factor, as participants in the present study felt that taking preventive action such as having dental check-ups and following advice on care of the mouth would help avoid future problems.

Some detractors of the brain disease view suggest that it could absolve addicted persons of responsibility for drug use (i.e. 'it's not me, it's my brain'), increase their fatalism (i.e. 'my brain's damaged, there's nothing I can do') [ 6], or encourage people to start using drugs if they believe that it will be easy to quit with medical assistance [ 5].

"Fatalism — I don't go for it".

A fatalism I share with the western tradition at times.

It should jangle but instead it has a fuzzy head, with more than a touch of Alex Chilton's weary fatalism ("What I've done I'll leave behind me / I don't want a soul to find me").

I think, honestly, that I'm quite clear-eyes and I think that the fatalism that I see in the world is lazy and unsourced.

That kind of fatalism is I think very bad indeed".

These were: i) Fatalism and resignation in pathways to help-seeking and the process of diagnosis.

The paper focuses on three main themes which emerged from the study: i) fatalism and resignation in pathways to help-seeking and the process of diagnosis; ii) Awareness of smoking risk and response to cessation information and advice.