[kalee]

I dealt with one of those last Oct. and I will never forget the telephone screaming match started BY the oncologist btw. In the end I would not back down and my mother achieved her dying wish which was to see my brother who was in the air on his way from Europe. That doctror met her brick wall when she met me.

I have little faith or trust in doctors now, certainly not with end of life issues.

PS. Mother did not die until Jan, but would have been gone that Oct night if the dr had had her way. Over medicated, suffering from pneumonia with a doctor who did not want to do anything further to treat.

[netmilsmom]

>>I have little faith or trust in doctors now, certainly not with end of life issues.<<

I can tell you that working in the medical field makes one less caring than a family member. It takes a special person to remember that a patient is not a case in a book. They are each individual persons and the family are the people who will smack a healthcare worker back to humanity.

You did the right thing. We are our family’s advocates. Never stop being there for them. Because the healthcare worker, sometimes forgets the person and works on a “patient”.

Especially doctors, who have life and death decisions to make all the time. I worked for the best doctor in the world and he was caring ALWAYS. Not every one is like that.