My Husband Didn’t Have to Die: A Doctor Reflects on all that Went Wrong with Her Husband’s Care in One of the Nation’s Top Medical Centers
Published August 8, 2025
The outcomes of complex care are never predictable. Despite this, reflecting on my husband’s care and his untimely death, I am certain that his fate would have been different with better communication, attention to detail, collaboration, and measures of curiosity, humility, and compassion.
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My Husband Didn’t Have to Die: A Doctor Reflects on all that Went Wrong with Her Husband’s Care in One of the Nation’s Top Medical Centers