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This morning, I came upon an intern engrossed at the computer.

"I am looking up the diseases Mr. Crosby died of," she explained.

The octogenarian had been on our unit for 4 weeks with multiorgan failure. His usually jovial nature had changed toward the end, and we all accepted that he had given up. I thought we had a good rapport with his family, though, so I was surprised by the intern's wariness.

"Is there a problem?"

"Not yet," she said. "But you know what families can be like."

I didn't stay to argue the point, but her warning echoed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Monash Medical Center, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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