How cancer care terminology harms patient choices
“Can we fit just a few more?” This was the question I was asked one snowy evening. Pretty soon, I found myself surrounded by no less than 20 people. They had all convened here to see the man lying in bed at the center of the room. He had struggled with cancer, which had progressed through numerous treatments, leading to his current intubated and sedated state. As an internal medicine …
How cancer care terminology harms patient choices
