Yes, a few days ago, my wife was in severe pain after a procedure, and she was calling (over and over) for a pain med. A nurse said, "Shhh, you'll upset the other patients."

When the doctor finally showed up to order a medication, he told me, "I hardly did anything!"

Then as I was consoling my wife, I overheard him say, "Give her a placebo." Then he looked over at me and realized I heard. He did order a proper medication after all, according to the chart.

I reported the incident to Patient Relations.