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Re: Bad newsFrom: GA12L@aol.comFri Oct 28 03:09:39 2005
In a message dated 28/10/2005 00:00:55 GMT Standard Time, apgar10@montanadsl.net writes: One of my best friend's mother had a message left on her answering machine by the physician himself that her breast biopsy was malignant... Lynn That's terrible! How did he know that your friends mother would actually get the message and not someone else? Bad practise. I once admitted a woman in labour only to find no fetal heart. That was the lowest point of my career thus far, at birth there was a true knot in the cord. But however bad it was for me it was a million times worse for the woman and her husband. In the areas I have worked in the community midwife has always gone to the house to ask the woman to come in and to give her a appointment. There's a lot written about giving bad news and the research suggests that people don't often remember what was said but the way in which it was said. Bad news is awful for someone to have to give and for someone to receive and I don't think there's ever going to be a way to soften the blow. My mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. When told she cried. When my dad phoned me neither could remember what was said, they only remembered the word cancer. My mum is undergoing chemo after a mastectomy and doing well. If I was going to get bad news I'd rather it be face to face with a caring person. But that's me and we're all different. Good luck Garry, I'm sure you'll deal with it well. Gail
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