Of Patients and Life

o&g is primal, it deals with life, and purpose of life, and the meaning of life. cases in point:

1) the 18 year old girl who's been married 5 years, and who's now coming in for a top (abortion)

2) the case file of a 54 year old lady with stage 4 ovarian ca which nonchalantly displays the label "DNR"

3) the disappointment of the woman of my age when she found out on the antenatal scan that the baby was not going to be a boy

o&g is also the only specialty where there is a column next to the list of doctors' names identifying them as "objectors" or "non-objectors".

on call tomorrow. will see how that goes.