Condolence
Category: WELLNESS
Some have suggested that sending a condolence card is in fact part of a physician's professional obligation to a patient.  Families may be comforted by the affirmation that their loved one was not merely a name on a roster, but a person, whose death is noteworthy.
By Sarah Richards Kim, M.D., Contributor
Psychiatry resident, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia a..., 2013-03-20