We could install a pacemaker to keep her heart beating, but that is not what Mrs. Brady would want. The family decided that her statement is now pertinent. Mrs. Brady had lived a long and fruitful life and is now ready to rejoin her husband. She is going to die. We had just watched her go through another episode of convulsions and did not think she had any more energy when she rolled towards me, raised the corners of her mouth in an attempt to smile and stretched out her hand for me to hold.
Medicine is more than knowing how to diagnose and treat various diseases.
Medicine is a healing art. Without compassion, a physician is not complete. A doctor is here to serve his patients. If he cannot humble himself to see them as sensitive people, he is pouring acid into an open wound. It may kill the bacteria . . .