Apr 8
3 min read
It’s Not Your Heart That’s Failing — It’s Our Medical Jargon
Doctors should watch their language.
A little over two years ago my elderly mother was admitted to hospital. Almost 90, she’d been short of breath for days — uncomfortable, perspiring, unable to sleep properly.
Blood tests, a chest X-ray, and an echocardiogram followed; whereupon her doctor pronounced: “You have congestive heart…
