TY - JOUR T1 - Palliative care daydream JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 868 LP - 868 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X539461 VL - 60 IS - 580 AU - Saul Miller Y1 - 2010/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/580/868.abstract N2 - The cat scarpers. The door opens. As I enter I'm thinking: is she ready to talk yet about dying? My palliative care pocket-book is warm in my pocket.‘Hi!’ I greet her cheerfully. ‘How are you getting on?’ Nice open question and all that. I spot the abandoned high-energy drink congealing beside her but quickly avert my gaze from there.‘Much better thanks!’ She looks grey but I focus on her eyes. ‘Dr Daisy was lovely.’And sometime around now a heavy feeling fills my guts. I slump on the end of her bed and daydream…‘Now then Mrs Wiggins,’ I imagine Dr Daisy greets her. ‘How are you managing with your catastrophic cancer?’‘Cancer?’ Mrs Wiggins shrieks, not even yet seated. ‘My doctor at home told me it was only growths.’‘Well yes – yes, that … ER -