A note to Aaron

Ali shares her thoughts as a veteran pediatric emergency physician on dealing with the death of a child. She cites that in her mind, she see the face of every mother of every child who has died under her care in her emergency department. Their features may have blurred, but their wild eyes still pie...

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Published inCanadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) Vol. 190; no. 10; pp. E298 - E299
Main Author Ali, Samina, MDCM
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada Joule Inc 12.03.2018
CMA Impact, Inc
Subjects
Children & youth
Death
Death & dying
Emergency medical care
Humanities
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Patient care
Patients
Pediatrics
Physician-patient relations
Physicians
Alberta Canada
Canada
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Summary:Ali shares her thoughts as a veteran pediatric emergency physician on dealing with the death of a child. She cites that in her mind, she see the face of every mother of every child who has died under her care in her emergency department. Their features may have blurred, but their wild eyes still pierce her heart, and their screams haunt her. No matter what their culture, religion, background or race, every mother's anguished cry sounds the same when you tell her that her child has died. She also mentions that she struggles with the death of every child who passes through her hands -- hands that were meant to heal.
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ISSN:0820-3946
1488-2329
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.171182