'What worries me, Billy,' she said - I could hear the change in her voice - 'is how your mother is going to take this.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Caregivers worry about family reactions to a patient's condition.
- In plain terms
- She is worried about the mother's reaction.
- What can you take from it?
- Family feelings matter in crisis.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you deliver hard news?
- Who else is affected?
Another view
Family may not always react with sympathy.
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