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Day: June 26, 2018

Permission to Leave

Permission to Leave

Posted on June 26, 2018June 25, 2018 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

“Doc, he’s gone.” Working as a hospitalist, I had a list of patients to see for the week. This was my first day back at the hospital, and so all the patients were new. Joe was on hospice care. The hospice facility was full. From the medical record, I could see that he was comatose. …Read More

Posted in Journal, Physician, Spirit Tagged Death

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