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Wednesday, April 28, 2004One of the patients who has taken up most of my time with a lot of hand holding and family conferencing has lung cancer. Yesterday, he decided to have chemotherapy. His wife did not approve. She has a very forceful personality, and throughout my encounters with her during the years I've known them, it's been my impression that she always gets her way. If she doesn't, there's hell to pay. Well, yesterday, she reacted to his decision by throwing a temper tantrum. She yelled at him. She yelled at the nurses. She yelled at the oncologist. He told me it made him sad to think that she wanted him to just "go away and die," but he cancelled his chemotherapy. Now, he's got to go home and live out his final days with her. This morning, I found this jaw-dropping note on the front of the chart. "Wife concerned that patient is depressed." And I'm supposed to fix it? posted by Sydney on 4/28/2004 08:02:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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