sabato, aprile 30, 2005
:: candle in the wind ::esophagectomy... for ca esophagus...
chemo... terminal stage breast ca...
radiotherapy... prostate ca...
resections... ca colon...
ca is just littering the wards, literally. everyday, i could probably 'clerk' at least 2 patients with ca. probably more if i were more diligent. but that's not the point. the point is, these patients come and go, we talk to them, build a short-term relationship with them, and off we go, back to our lessons, tutorials and our own private lives, seemingly without a care, with a vague remembrance of yet another patient being ravaged by the much feared disease. they are left, with the awful truth about their health, and possibly, a more significant memory of a person in white lab coat talking to them, a particular doctor who've done much for them and their family, and perhaps the surgeon who had successfully 'taken out' their tumour.
the point is... yes i'm trying to get to it...
i don't believe that we can really really understand what the patient is actually feeling unless we've experienced the same thing as them, or, if a similar misfortune has befallen one of our own - family or friends...
lastly, i think these patients can sense if we really empathise or merely sympathise or worse, patronise them. the worse a person could do is to pretend to empathise/sympathise when they clearly don't. if you don't , then don't do it. cos those who suffer can spot that a mile away.
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