Letters
If it doesn't work, stop it
BMJ 2004; 328 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.328.7446.1015-c (Published 22 April 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:1015
Don't just stand there, hold my hand
- Karen Forbes, consultant and Macmillan senior lecturer in palliative medicine (k.forbes@bristol.ac.uk)
- United Bristol Healthcare Trust, Bristol BS2 8ED
EDITOR—“The aphorism ‘Don't just do something, stand there!’ seems ludicrous.”1
Does it?
Reading this reminded me of something a student wrote in a reflective piece at the end of the University of Bristol's fifth year preregistration house officer shadowing course. She was confronted on a ward round …
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