title: Guilt--in the company of Puccini's doctor.
abstract: A physician may feel guilt and sorrow if he contributes, though innocently, to a patient's death. One radiation therapist, whose famous patient died, finds a parallel to his own experience in the case of the opera composer Giacomo Puccini, who died while being treated for cancer by his well-meaning radiotherapist.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peschel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peschel
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000266:history; D005197:Famous Persons; D006167:Guilt; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations