Most cancer doctors avoid saying it’s the end
one look at eileen mulligan treacherous soberly on the exam table and dr. john marshall knew the time for the big talk had arrived.
he began gently. the chemotherapy is not helping. the cancer is advanced. there are no good options left to try. it would be good to look into hospice care.
“at first i was really shocked. but after, i thought it was a really good way of handling a situation like that,” said mulligan, who now is making a “bucket list” - things to do before she dies. top priority: getting her busy sons to come for a weekend at her washington, d.c., home.
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