Through the Fog

Through the Fog

Faced with a delirious patient whose life story resembles his own, a physician finds a way to break through the fog. How often have we treated patients with delirium without understanding how it was affecting them as people?

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2021-05, Vol.384 (20), p.1882-1883
1. Verfasser: Ross, Ian R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Delirium
Dementia
Hospitals
Patients
Personhood
Surgeons
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Zusammenfassung:Faced with a delirious patient whose life story resembles his own, a physician finds a way to break through the fog. How often have we treated patients with delirium without understanding how it was affecting them as people?
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp2033891