Peschel R, Peschel E
Yale University School of Medicine.
Psychol Rep. 1990 Feb;66(1):267-71. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1990.66.1.267.
A physician may feel guilt and sorrow if he contributes, though innocently, to a patient's death. One radiation therapist, whose famous patient died, finds a parallel to his own experience in the case of the opera composer Giacomo Puccini, who died while being treated for cancer by his well-meaning radiotherapist.