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Originally Posted by 1PlayfulFemme
Oh good gravy! As a nurse, you know that violates every Hipaa Law ever made! The legality of it is HUGE all by itself!!! The ignorance of that fill in nurse, at any point in her career..is so very inexcusable!!!
Your poor sister! The shock and dismay it must have caused!! I can't imagine hearing "INCURABLE". The C word is scary enough..on any level, but to add the I word?!
And, while I am relieved it's not your sister, my heart bleeds for the person getting this news, especially in the midst of this season. I know, the world doesn't stop because the holidays are upon us..it's just such a bad time of year to hear such devastating news. (not that there is a good time)
And you're right..life is far too short...we are never blessed with the knowledge of what tomorrow will bring!
*not only courteous...it's the law*
I totally agree Sun..this level of bad news should always be face to face..I just can't imagine a doctor or situation where an "inoperable cancer" diagnosis couldn't wait until they could make it to the doctors....(unless they had mobility issues?)... I could understand it if there were something that could be done that day..that night...the next day...etc.
Seems so..heartless..in a field that most people get into because OF their hearts...
Just my 2..wait 3...maybe 4 cents...  |
I guess as a patient, I would want to be told this type of news ASAP, like as soon as the doctor found out about it. So getting a phone call would be okay for me. Not only that but I imagine such news would get me extremely upset and I would not want that to happen in the doctor's office. Then I would have to walk out into the waiting room in front of all of those people? I don't think I would like that at all.
In working with surgeons who had to diagnose cancer all the time, I had many many patients calling daily, wanting to know their results. I guess it's just a personal preference. Some people don't mind knowing over the phone and some people do. I think it seems heartless for some to have to wait until that scheduled appointment in a week or two to find out those results. Let's face it, doctor's don't have the time to work patients in at the drop of a hat and if they did, it's a few minutes of their time to tell you this type of news and they are on to the next patient.