How to tell someone their loved one died

Physician
August 22, 2021

First, you turn off your phone. You can’t have any interruptions. As you walk to your patient’s room where the family is waiting for you, pick up a box of tissues and put it in your back pocket. Don’t hold it in your hand as you meet them. It’ll betray their new reality.

When you enter the room, you introduce yourself to everyone as the doctor. You find a seat to …

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