Guilt--in the company of Puccini's doctor

Author(s): Peschel, E.

Journal/Book: Psychol Rep. 1990; 66: 267-71.

Abstract: A physician may feel guilt and sorrow if he contributes, though innocently, to a patient's death. One radiation therapist, whose famous patient died, finds a parallel to his own experience in the case of the opera composer Giacomo Puccini, who died while being treated for cancer by his well-meaning radiotherapist.

Keyword(s): Brachytherapy history; Guilt ; History of Medicine, 19th Cent.; History of Medicine, 20th Cent.; Italy Famous Persons; Laryngeal Neoplasms history; Music history; Physician Patient Relations Human; Male

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