Maggie's Farm

Telling a young, seemingly healthy patient that they have terminal cancer

Every physician has�had to do�this hundreds of times, but Dr. Bob wrote it down. "How do you deliver a death sentence?" Dr. Bob explains how he does it.�I wish I had written this piece, but Bob did it better than I could have done. The saddest part is always trying to find a way to offer hope, when you know that, statistically,�there is none. We sometimes feel like liars, but we need to believe in the power of hope and prayer, despite the terrifying inevitability of the�truth of the numbers. There's a lot more to being a doctor than playing golf, folks. Trust me.