或许你正值芳年华月、风华正茂,从未来得及想象生命尽头向自己慢慢逼近的感觉;那种似乎死神就在街的转角处、巷子尾的感觉。你看着自己一步一步正朝着生命的尽头靠近,虽不知生命之弦何时会“嘭”地一声断裂,却清楚知道,这根弦已经绷得不能再紧了。此时,你是否会觉得恐惧,不知所措?作者作为医师,看着患者身临此境,却也在重症面前束手无策。医师有责任让患者了解自己的病情,但是从口中吐出的实情,对于患者而言,永远都似刑判般残酷。 Perhaps you are in full bloom, flourishing, never had time to imagine the end of life feeling close to himself; that seems to die at the corner of the street, the end of the alley feeling. You look at yourself step by step toward the end of life, though I do not know when the string of life will break, but it is clear that this string has been stretched too tight. At this point, do you feel scared and overwhelmed? The author, as a physician, looks at the patient being in this situation, but he is also at a loss what to do with severe illness. Physicians have a responsibility to make patients aware of their condition, but the truth that they spit out from their mouths is always cruel to their patients.