Terminally Ill Patients Spend Too Much Time Alone [11/10/2001; Reuters Health] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Terminally ill patients spend the vast majority of their time in solitude, with few visits from medical personnel or family members, researchers report. ``The bad news is that nobody seems to be getting much time from doctors or nurses at the end of life,'' noted lead author Dr. Daniel P. Sulmasy, director of ethics at Saint Vincent's Manhattan and head of the Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College. Sulmasy followed 58 patients hospitalized for serious illnesses such as cancer, dementia, AIDS and heart failure to track the amount of time they had visitors. The patients' doorways were videotaped for 24-hour periods. The article, entitled: ``I Was Sick and You Came to Visit Me: Time Spent at the Bedsides of Seriously Ill Patients with Poor Prognoses,'' was published in the October issue of the American Journal of Medicine. Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.