Opinion: My Patient Was 25 And About To Die

Opinion: My Patient Was 25 And About To Die

Jeremy Topin, The Washington Post | Wednesday May 17, 2017

What do you do when you know someone is going to die? I'm not talking about death when it comes at the end of a long protracted illness or a terminal diagnosis. Or the final act at the end of a long life, when the body and mind have ultimately given way. I'm talking about when you realize the 25-year-old woman in front of you, whom you met five minutes ago, has no ide...