August 21, 2025

The Other Side

Key Points

The physician-son questions if his role impacted his mother's cancer care.
The narrative reflects on personal experiences and professional responsibilities within palliative care.
Palliative care focuses on providing relief and support for patients with serious illnesses, such as cancer.
The essay highlights the emotional struggles faced by healthcare providers when caring for loved ones.

Abstract

In this narrative medicine essay, a palliative care medicine physician questions whether his role as son-physician during his fellowship interfered with his mother receiving the best care possible as her cancer progressed.

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Cite This Study

Collin Hanson (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af4ec6ad7bf08b1ead81ed https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13200

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