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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ranjana Srivastava

When I delivered the worst of news to my dying patient, she cried – but not about her prognosis

‘Doctors are trained to think too much and feel too little,’ writes Dr Ranjana Srivastava.
‘Doctors are trained to think too much and feel too little,’ writes Dr Ranjana Srivastava. Photograph: Sukanya Sitthikongsak/Getty Images

“Now I am crying because you are sitting there.”

“I am sorry,” I say, preparing to jump up.

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