Angel of bad news

June 6, 2008 at 6:22 pm | Posted in internship | Leave a comment

I don’t know how I get away it, but I really do say some outrageous things to patients. Not in the sense that they’re incorrect or unbelievable, but outrageous in that I’m expecting some shock and dismay in response. Really, I don’t pull any punches. Yet patients always take it fairly matter-of-factly and well, without even the slightest indication of trying to hold back their emotions.

It’s a mystery.