I spent hours at her bedside
everyday, but seldom did those hours include time with a doctor or even
who the doctor was on that day or week, if any.
Not a day has gone by since
her death that I haven't anguished over my failure to recognize and attempt
to rectify a medical program of Russian roulette. My only excuse may rest
with a widely held myth that the title "doctor" implies god-like
qualities, a role they often play.
I would hope that the hospitals
would take a look beyond the brick and mortar and evaluate the medical
product they are housing. I suggest the doctors would do well to remember
that the patient and family should be a part of the total medical process
and not the victim of it.
Frank Slater
Fayetteville
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