What a Newspaper Columnist Said When Asked "How Do I Tell My Father He Has Only Six Months to Live."

[mdgspencer]

Ask Asad: How do I tell my father that he only has six months left to live? | The Express Tribune

When one is hit with the realisation that they have limited time left to live, they make drastic changes in life

tribune.com.pk

“When I went to collect the results of his test, I got the shock of my life. My father has been diagnosed with liver cancer and the doctors have given him just a few months (six to eight months max0 before he succumbs to cancer. I am the only one who knows about his condition.”

 

[Sugabee43]

Does the question poser in the article live in the US? Because, unless the father gave written permission to the doctor to release information directly to the son, because of our country’s HIPPA laws, there’s no way he would be given those documents, or know before his father of his diagnosis. Seems strange to me.

 

[mdgspencer]

Actually, this was published in an English-language newspaper in Pakistan.

 

[Sugabee43]

Then that makes more sense to me.