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The Unspoken Weight of Words: Reflections on a Vietnamese Patient’s Final Choices
When the patient arrived by ambulance, he was frail, elderly, and alone in a hospital…
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The Unspoken Weight of Words: Reflections on a Vietnamese Patient’s Final Choices
When the patient arrived by ambulance, he was frail, elderly, and alone in a hospital that spoke a language he could not understand. He had been transferred from a neighboring hospital across state lines due to concerns of malnutrition and pain. The initial CT scans were alarming—multiple lung masses, highly concerning for metastatic cancer. Yet,…
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