KevinMD October 13, 2024
Whitney Rowe, MD

I’m primary care and I see a patient in a 10-minute appointment who tells me she now has a disabled daughter who is 22, had a stroke, and currently cannot cope with all that her disrupted life is demanding of her. I am also expected to fill out that FMLA paperwork for that patient and respond to 20 back-and-forth portal messages on that same patient over the next two days, which I do, of course, without hesitation because I care.

I’m primary care, and I have an unplanned conversation with an exasperated son who is in complete denial about his mother with rapidly progressive dementia. I bring up hospice and goals of care, and discuss what the future will look...

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