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Pet peeve.. - DiggerMT
Posted: Aug 07, 2012
Just venting.. why does the dictator feel the need to state, "Briefly..." in every one of her reports, as she starts dictating an almost 30-minute report? Just annoys me!
Mine.... - incognito
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Why do they include the spouses when they talk about how they are going to treat the patient?
"They will return for treatment,...."
"They will undergo another round chemotherapy....."
Including spouses - IMO
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When my father was dying of cancer and undergoing chemo and radiation, it was a couple or family thing. I'm not being a smart alec. But, if you have a sick family member, often times the wife, husband, child, mother accompanies them and is an integral part of their therapy and decision-making. Maybe that's why they say that. *shrugs*
Kinda makes ya wonder what - IAMT
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a report other than a brief report would be to those dictators;-)doesn't it?
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