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"How could someone have advanced cancer and never have had their doctor discuss advance care planning with them? Isn’t this a form of “moral” medical malpractice? Or was this an extreme case of medical paternalism at its worst? Even worse, this oncologist had been seeing her frequently. Did he not see where she was on the map of her illness? Was he unable to see the forest for the trees? I mean, I looked across the hall and could tell that Mrs. Jones was dying, even before she told me herself. Didn’t he even have a hint of the same gestalt? So, that was fail number one, from an oncologist: failure to help Mrs. Jones and her family plan and prepare. Failure number two came from me." kevinmd/blog/2013/08/failing-patient-3-times-case-moral-medical-malpractice.html
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:58:30 +0000

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