Many patients with lung cancer expressed the feeling of uncertainty on their limited time after being diagnosed with the disease. They often had to wait long periods of time to receive treatments or results without any adequate information which led to increased distress and anxiety. One of the patients have complained;
The uncertainties of the future, treatment, side effects and death may create fear for the patient and the families. According to Mulcahy, Perry and Glover (2010), the traditional expectation of a “patient patient” has done no good to the patient but only put them in a long and painful trauma of waiting. In the past, many people believed that being patient was being a “good patient” but this is no longer the case. The article
The uncertainties of the future, treatment, side effects and death may create fear for the patient and the families. According to Mulcahy, Perry and Glover (2010), the traditional expectation of a “patient patient” has done no good to the patient but only put them in a long and painful trauma of waiting. In the past, many people believed that being patient was being a “good patient” but this is no longer the case. The article