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Date: 4 May 1988, 15:15:28 CDT
From: Matt Kushner                                   C432887  at UMCVMB
To:   EPSYNET at UHUPVM1
Subject: Comment to Stormwalker's letter (FTNFY@ALASKA)

Dear Stormwalker:

The machanical way in which you were treated regarding your husbands
illness is, to put it mildly, regretable.  As I read your letter, I found
myself wondering whether you were treated this way because you are a fellow
professional (as you indicated) or whether this is more typical behvior
afforded family members of professionals and nonprofessionals alike.
If the latter is more true, I wonder if most physicians are equiped
by training to deal sensitively with the family members of very ill
patients.

Thanks for bringing up this important topic.

Matt Kushner C432887@UMCVMB