Published: October 09, 2018
Too many doctors ignore the hapless patient when taking their medical history and interrupt within 20 seconds of starting
When my patient Paul died unexpectedly, there was an outpouring of grief. He’d considered himself an ordinary man but his memorial was filled with those who spoke of his selflessness, goodwill and uncommon poise in the face of a terminal illness. The funeral came and went. The insurance forms, too. But whenever I handed over another form to his wife, I saw her sorrow and wondered how to assuage it. The short answer was not much else except await the consolations of time.
Some time later, I was making a program for the ABC about the ripple effect of cancer.
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