After having my first experience with delivering bad news, I realized just how important it is to learn the best technique and method. Of course, every patient and their reactions may be different. However, physicians are people too, and one of the hardest tasks is giving patients bad news. So I thought I would share […]
Telling a Patient She Has Terminal Cancer
One of the most difficult moments I’ve ever had was being on Internal Medicine and having a patient come in with terminal liver cancer, more specifically hepatocellular carcinoma. She had come to the hospital one month before with similar pain and left with a diagnosis of a ruptured ovarian cyst. When she came back with […]
Community Service Ideas
Now that we’ve talked about the importance of community service in terms of how it benefits yourself and others, I thought now would be a good time to discuss ideas of what you can do in terms of performing community service. I assure you, there are many possibilities. The Internet is a great resource to […]
