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Who do I treat first: a cancer patient or the woman with a bleed on her brain?

by Patient Safety Learning (edited)

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A candid account from a healthcare professional on how it feels to have to tell a patient in intensive care that their treatment is to be delayed.

Part of the Guardian newspaper's Blood, sweat and tears series.

Who do I treat first: a cancer patient or the woman with a bleed on her brain? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/09/who-do-i-treat-first-a-cancer-patient-or-the-woman-w…

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