“We Might Not Come for Him”: Why Healthcare Workers Don’t Judge Those Who Refuse to Care for Sick Family Members
Working in a neurological rehabilitation unit, every patient must be picked up by someone upon discharge. Often, the patient is still weak and forgetful. Sometimes, the patient has family, but no one wants to pick them up. This happened again: I called the brother of a patient who reminded us of a rock star – he had tattoos, disheveled hair, and
