"A Milena" (Un ensayo de Medicina Narrativa)

• Autores: Jaime Duclos H
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 129, Nº. 6, 2001, págs. 685-687
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • A letter to Milena
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  • Narrative medicine is becoming an increasingly popular way of communicating medical problems. This a letter that the author sends to a recently deceased patient. He describes his apprehensions on the use of invasive forms of diagnosis or treatments and the use of repeated hospital admissions in the context of a chronic and progressive disease. He also discusses the use of methods to "accelerate" death in suffering patients. He finally describes the dignity of his patient to face a chronic and debilitating condition (Rev Méd Chile 2001; 129: 685-7)