The Doctor's Letter of Condolence
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- 12 April 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 344 (15) , 1162-1164
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200104123441510
Abstract
In response to an article on grief, one of us received the following letter (the names have been changed):Dear Doctor,On August 3, my mother, Jean Smith, died. She had been a patient at the Medical Center with Dr. Roberts. Until her death, at 90, she was an active person, involved with her family and the world — driving, going to yoga class. She died suddenly, in her sleep. We are all bereft.Several weeks after her death, I wrote to Dr. Roberts to tell him that she had died. I told him how very much I appreciated his . . .Keywords
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