Comments on: Doctors and their patients’ funerals http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/doctors-and-their-patients-funerals.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/doctors-and-their-patients-funerals.html#comment-76584 Anonymous Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:16:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/doctors-and-their-patients-funerals.html#comment-76584 When my child died mysteriously during a simple procedure, I longed for a note, a flower, a call from one of his caregivers who was with him in his last moments of life. We received nothing. Attending one of the services would have been the most significant gesture that he mattered to them... When my child died mysteriously during a simple procedure, I longed for a note, a flower, a call from one of his caregivers who was with him in his last moments of life. We received nothing. Attending one of the services would have been the most significant gesture that he mattered to them…

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/doctors-and-their-patients-funerals.html#comment-76568 Anonymous Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/doctors-and-their-patients-funerals.html#comment-76568 Maybe n a city,you can be aonymous and go to selected sevices",but in rural practice if you go to one you have to go to all,or families will be upset. Its much better to send a note or make a personal call. Maybe n a city,you can be aonymous and go to selected sevices”,but in rural practice if you go to one you have to go to all,or families will be upset. Its much better to send a note or make a personal call.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/doctors-and-their-patients-funerals.html#comment-76558 Anonymous Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/doctors-and-their-patients-funerals.html#comment-76558 Some people feel a connection to a patient and others don't. Professional detatchment is a necessary psychologic defence that can inhibit participating in the greiving process. Many docs also take any death as a personal failure; this is of course a rediculous view, as all patients are destined to die, and much care is centered on helping them arrive there late, but with success defined as high function and low pain in the process. <br/><br/>Even as an anesthesiologist myself I've attended services for patients. Some people feel a connection to a patient and others don’t. Professional detatchment is a necessary psychologic defence that can inhibit participating in the greiving process. Many docs also take any death as a personal failure; this is of course a rediculous view, as all patients are destined to die, and much care is centered on helping them arrive there late, but with success defined as high function and low pain in the process.

Even as an anesthesiologist myself I’ve attended services for patients.

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