title: ["To Milena" (A essay of narrative medicine)].
abstract: Narrative medicine is becoming an increasingly popular way of communicating medical problems. This a letter that the author sends to a recently deceased patient. He describes his apprehensions on the use of invasive forms of diagnosis or treatments and the use of repeated hospital admissions in the context of a chronic and progressive disease. He also discusses the use of methods to "accelerate" death in suffering patients. He finally describes the dignity of his patient to face a chronic and debilitating condition.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duclos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: "A Milena" (un ensayo de medicina narrativa).