One of my ex-bosses, has coined a term - the “non-believer”, which he uses to describe any patient or relative who are of the tiresome sort, ie. those that ask you a hundred-and-one questions and despite loads of careful explanation, pictures and reiteration of operation risks, simply cannot get it in their heads the situation. Sigh.
And then, if anything does unfortunately go wrong, they simply give everyone hell. I’d rather not touch such patients at all.
Just today, my current boss gave what I would describe as a very rational and clear presentation of various possibilities, pros/cons and associated risks of success. He was very approachable and did his best to explain everything. Yet, it all boiled down to…
The family asked him to sign a form or some sort of letter to guarantee that the patient would not need any more operations for that particular problem after this one!
简直是对牛弹琴。。。 MOOOO…
