How Doctors Tell Patients They’re Dying

Posted by stingray on March 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

Telling patients they’re going to die is less dramatic than one might think, and contrary to popular belief, most doctors refuse to estimate how many weeks or months patients have left to live.

“It’s not [a doctor's] job to take away hope but to try to provide support and be realistic as possible,” said Dr. Michael Grodin, the director of medical ethics at Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health. “We are notoriously bad at predicting how much time a patient has left.

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