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Letters |15 December 1997

The Man with Stars Inside

Paul Rousseau, MD

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  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Phoenix, AZ 85012
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TO THE EDITOR:
Coulehan's perspective on physician-assisted suicide and palliative care emphasizes again the pertinence of communication in end-of-life situations [1]. Coulehan astutely identifies poor communication between physicians and patients as a precipitant of inadequate palliative care, but his comment that failed communication results from a lack of empathy and respect may be misguided and somewhat inflammatory. Although I acknowledge that empathy and respect certainly encourage improved communication with the dying, poor physician communication is more likely to arise from several causes, of which the social background and training of physicians are probably most important [2]. When poor...
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Rousseau P. The Man with Stars Inside. Ann Intern Med. 1997;127:1137–1138. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00042

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(12):1137-1138.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00042

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