Preserving patient autonomy is the ultimate respect
There is much to learn as a new physician, but some patients teach you things you never meant to learn. This happened to me a few months ago.
I was taking care of a 26 year old who had an end-stage, inoperable brain tumor that was causing progressive seizure activity. He was admitted with a headache. He had just been discharged about one week ago with similar symptoms. We treated his …
