| Phyllis 2005-03-29, 6:49 pm |
| I must be having a senior moment, Jeannie. I don't remember that post.
I think a doctor should tell the truth; an opinion is an opinion (what
she will or won't feel while dying) and fact is fact (your organs will
shut down and you will die). That is what is important to me, being
honest with the patient and the family.
Jeannie Wilson wrote:
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> But Phyllis, in a previous post you were stating how doctors were not
> telling patients enough about a situation and I asked how they could
> possibly describe dying to someone unless they have died. A doctor cannot
> tell you what dying by anything feels like, unless he has died and rose
> again. I just don't get how you are upset that they don't tell enough,
> when there is no way they could possibly know.
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