Almost every day, I care for a patient who may be nearing the end of their life. Probably once a week, the patient is in such poor health that I wonder 'why are we doing this test'? 'where is their family and why are they doing this to their loved one'?
It is easy to think those thoughts...when we aren't 'directly' involved in the decision. When it is 'you' or 'your loved one'...do different thoughts run through your mind than when you are looking at the situation from 'the outside world'? Of course they would.
An interesting article by a wife of a man who died from cancer. Look at it from 'her perspective'. Look at it from 'his' perspective. Look at it from an 'outsiders' perspective.
What decisions would you make?
Dan
Thanksgiving Letter to the Family
5 months ago
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