Together, they were able to see the points of dying in relation to understanding the context of their future expectations. While these awareness contexts are often overlooked, if someone were to observe a patient, while in the hospital, diagnosed with terminal cancer, and then their care, they could easily see these stages come to life. Medical staff could use this knowledge in treating their patients that are diagnosed as terminal. The staff could utilize this process in order to provide not only the best medical care, but the best communication they could give a patient and their families. Medical staff, need not to be afraid of being truthful to dying patients, but rather be open and realistic of their prognoses. By doing this, families, friends and the patient are provided the time and the perspective to make arrangements, mend relationships, allocate financial necessities, spend quality time with loved ones, process the information that was told and so much more. As it was stated, “Compared with people in closed awareness, people dying in full awareness are more able to plan their dying careers, so that they and their respondents are more satisfied with the degree of choice over the place of death, they are less likely to die alone, and are more likely to die in their own homes. Additionally, these individuals are more likely to have spoken of their wishes for euthanasia, another indicator of their desire to control the manner and timing of death” (Seale, Addington-Hall, & McCarthy, 1997). Open awareness is valuable to both the patient and the staff. It alleviates the pressure to hide or tip toe around their prognosis, and it allows room for clear and considerate
Together, they were able to see the points of dying in relation to understanding the context of their future expectations. While these awareness contexts are often overlooked, if someone were to observe a patient, while in the hospital, diagnosed with terminal cancer, and then their care, they could easily see these stages come to life. Medical staff could use this knowledge in treating their patients that are diagnosed as terminal. The staff could utilize this process in order to provide not only the best medical care, but the best communication they could give a patient and their families. Medical staff, need not to be afraid of being truthful to dying patients, but rather be open and realistic of their prognoses. By doing this, families, friends and the patient are provided the time and the perspective to make arrangements, mend relationships, allocate financial necessities, spend quality time with loved ones, process the information that was told and so much more. As it was stated, “Compared with people in closed awareness, people dying in full awareness are more able to plan their dying careers, so that they and their respondents are more satisfied with the degree of choice over the place of death, they are less likely to die alone, and are more likely to die in their own homes. Additionally, these individuals are more likely to have spoken of their wishes for euthanasia, another indicator of their desire to control the manner and timing of death” (Seale, Addington-Hall, & McCarthy, 1997). Open awareness is valuable to both the patient and the staff. It alleviates the pressure to hide or tip toe around their prognosis, and it allows room for clear and considerate