Mail from Heaven

Oncologist. 2019 Aug;24(8):1146-1147. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0042. Epub 2019 Mar 25.

Abstract

A moving story about the nature of the doctor‐patient relationship, this narrative describes a letter of gratitude from a breast cancer patient, written shortly before her death.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Attitude to Death*
  • Breast Neoplasms / psychology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Physician-Patient Relations*
  • Postal Service