AMNews: Aug. 25, 2008. Unexpected connections (book excerpt: The Light Within) ... American Medical News: "Unexpected connections (book excerpt: The Light Within)
Texas physician Lois M. Ramondetta, MD, writes about the bond she formed with a cancer patient, the book's co-author.
By AMNews staff. Aug. 25, 2008.
In this excerpt, Dr. Ramondetta, an associate professor of gynecologic oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, grapples with Deborah Rose Sill's grim diagnosis.
The results of Deb's biopsy came in within twenty-four hours, and our worst fears were confirmed: The cancer had returned. I knew the results before Deb did, but it wasn't my job to share the findings with her. That was up to her principal physicians, Dr. Bouquet or Dr. Darling. By the time I saw her the following day, they'd already broken the news.
'How long do you think I have?' she asked me."/.../
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