Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Oncologist. 2011;16(6):914-6. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0064. Epub 2011 May 31.
One particular patient who was facing the fact that she would die from cancer reveals an important lesson for the oncologist about listening and caring. Medical oncologists have a role beyond offering new treatments to patients with incurable disease: the role of supporter, and of witness, supporting a patient, especially in the last stages of illness, when hope is all there is left.
有一位身患癌症、命不久矣的特殊患者,她让肿瘤科医生明白了倾听和关怀的重要性。对于那些身患绝症、无法治愈的患者,肿瘤医生的职责不仅在于提供新的治疗方法,还在于扮演支持者和见证者的角色:在患者,尤其是在生命的最后阶段,当希望成为他们唯一的依靠时,给予他们支持。