Hilary Thomas on caring for the whole patient

By Hilary Thomas2008-09-22T09:00:00

My 75-year-old father has recently had a coronary angiogram and been referred for bypass graft surgery. When I was a cardiology senior house officer in the Jurassic period, he would never have been referred for such surgery at this age.

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