“Hope is NOT a plan.”
It has come to my attention, that often times, we worry that if we were to discuss a poor prognosis or terminal condition, we feel hesitant because we worry that by being upfront we are taking the patient’s hope away. Is that a thing? If a patient wants to know the prognosis and you know the prognosis, do you think sharing that information would harm the patient? Another way to think about it is that if that was you, would…
