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A cancer patient’s last wish [PODCAST]

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“I smiled, put the lamb curry in front of her, and instructed her granddaughter on how much time to heat it up in the microwave.

Val wasn’t in a condition where she could have a long conversation with me, but she knew exactly what was going on. I saw her eyes smile for a moment, tearing through the pain otherwise displayed all over her face. She didn’t say much, but just enough when she said, “God bless you.”

I left her house wondering when somebody is given the death sentence, they are asked about their last wish. We seldom do that in medicine. Should we?”

Farhan S. Imran is a hematology-oncology physician who blogs at Did I Ask?

He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, “A cancer patient’s last wish.”

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