I heard this story from a doc...not sure when or where it happened.
The patient, who also happens to be an unwed mother, needs a blood transfusion because she has been bleeding. A lot. However, she belongs to a religion which forbids blood transfusions. At this point it is not yet an emergent situation but it could totally go that way. The doc is explaining the possible outcomes of different choices that the patient could make and the patient is explaining back to the doctor that, because of her beliefs, she doesn't want a transfusion.
Everything is very civilized.
And then the patient's sister, who is sitting in the corner of the room, pipes in:
You're already going to hell, you fucking whore...go ahead and get the blood so you can live to raise your own baby.
Not an ideal support person to have in the room, really.
The patient, who also happens to be an unwed mother, needs a blood transfusion because she has been bleeding. A lot. However, she belongs to a religion which forbids blood transfusions. At this point it is not yet an emergent situation but it could totally go that way. The doc is explaining the possible outcomes of different choices that the patient could make and the patient is explaining back to the doctor that, because of her beliefs, she doesn't want a transfusion.
Everything is very civilized.
And then the patient's sister, who is sitting in the corner of the room, pipes in:
You're already going to hell, you fucking whore...go ahead and get the blood so you can live to raise your own baby.
Not an ideal support person to have in the room, really.
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