. There was no palliative care where treating symptoms is as important as pain management and providing psychological support. Vivian continues with the full-dose of treatment even though they fail to explain the full dose chemotherapy to her. The author is portraying how important it is for doctors and patient should agree about the course of the treatment and hence achieve a balance between honesty and autonomy. In the movie, you see Vivian realizing that the doctors treating her see her less as someone to save and more as a guinea pig for their research.
In the movie during constant worsening of patients’ clinical state, nobody except nurse Susie had talked about death and the possibility of non-resuscitation. The writer portrays how
In the movie during constant worsening of patients’ clinical state, nobody except nurse Susie had talked about death and the possibility of non-resuscitation. The writer portrays how