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Author(s) -
Rabia Mazhar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hca healthcare journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3830
pISSN - 2689-0216
DOI - 10.36518/2689-0216.1105
Subject(s) - spouse , post partum , poetry , psychology , reflection (computer programming) , medicine , nursing , pediatrics , pregnancy , art , literature , political science , law , biology , computer science , genetics , programming language
Description This poem is a reflection upon my personal experience of taking care of a young patient with post-partum sepsis and multi-organ failure following the delivery of her second child. She was able to spend one night at home with her family before suddenly decompensating and becoming encephalopathic. In her last moments awake, she relayed to the EMS her wishes of being placed in hospice. The poem narrates her spouse's internal struggle after respecting the patient's wishes of withdrawal of care.