Friday, January 30, 2009

Am I going to die?

A patient with some chronic condition like chronic epigastric pain may suddenly startle you by asking the Challenging Question

" Doc am I going to Die"?

Tip: Address the emotional part before the medical one.

So Your Response Should be:

Place your hand on the patinet's Shoulder and say

Mr _____ I can understand what you are going through, but i am here to help you and will try to make things easy for you as much as I can.
You problem my be caused by a no. of conditions, some of them may be curable and some might not be. I am not sure about that right now. Let me run a few labs and other tests, after getting the results I will be able to tell you for sure.

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