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The Silence Within: When Patients Suffer in Silence
A patient can be surrounded byfamily, yet alone with the fear of what comes next.
The waiting room is not always aneutral space.
A patient sits beside a spouse, son,daughter, or caregiver. They may look supported, protected and cared for. But sometimes, both the patient and the relative are silently protecting each other — and unintentionally making the fear bigger.
In this episode of The Sixth Vital Sign, Dr. Chirag Jain explores the silence that can exist even when a patient is never physically alone.
He shares the story of a man with rectal cancer who was accompanied by his son through…
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