There's often a tension, I imagine, in health care between the imperative of being honest with a patient and wanting to keep their spirits up. Now add to that the natural power dynamic that makes it difficult to be blunt to a president. One more factor: that president is Trump
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We already know Trump spent the night after his diagnosis in a panic attack, freaking out about "going out like Stan Chera." Doctors are probably trying to promote a good immune response.
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The Child is the president. Perhaps they should just get the big bag of Halloween candy to distract him from bad news. It's not just crazy, it's freaking insane. Lose-Lose for everyone involved.
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To be a doctor and having to make this kind of moral decision. Hippocratic oath meets moral obligations to the American people.
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His duty is to his patient.
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Ah, that pesky audience of one.
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And that was Monday evening.
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