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RE: What motivates us to keep going
I understand your job to be as hard as it is satisfying or fulfilling. How good to read that you consciously tell your patients the truth about their condition! I had a different experience with my grandfather and his doctors. They justified it as being in the old man's best interests. I thought that was so wrong... You respect your patients as responsible and self-determined. Thank you!
It is always a dilemma, having doctors from different countries we all have different approach, in general, I think it is always good to maintain an open frank discussion, if it is not completely clear then to tell as it is. I remember many complaints that later come are because the patients felt that it was not enough conversation and often not in time. Yes, your example is one of the commonest and it was so often that either doctors's side or patients's side was for keeping the information away from patient. That is why it is one of the hard talks. Thank you for your reading.