Being informed of the seriousness of a person’s illness is not something anyone can handle. Being told you’re going to die within a couple months, weeks, or even days can put a huge amount of stress on the body and mind. Therefore, worsening the state your body is in; however, being informed that you are going to die soon, does not necessarily mean there is no hope. With enough ambition and diligence, anything can be overcome, even death itself. Opponents of patients being informed of a terminal prognosis believe that being relayed the information of a person’s death date will greatly affect the unity of the body and mind. The article states “This kind of truth-telling is like a death sentence to traditional Koreans because of their view that
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Although the article informs that race and ethnicity plays a big role in terminal prognosis, the situation goes far beyond mere race and ethnicity beliefs. Whether they are Korean or Mexican American, white or black, the human body and its state belongs to the patient and one should have every right to know the situation that their body is in; furthermore, be able to make informed decisions about their medical care. Eventually, patients will find out the situation they are destined to be in, so why not give them time to prepare and strive for recovery by relaying the information to …show more content…
Being informed of the seriousness of a patient’s illness can prevent a lot of complications. For example, a patient that is going to die soon, but shows no sign of symptoms that hints death and is not relayed any information of the seriousness, will be overjoyed that they are going to be okay and will not take extra measures in recovery, only to be met with the ugly truth in the end. That being said, with knowledge early on, the patient has time and a chance to strive for recovery instead of having false hope and eventually losing everything. Although being informed of the seriousness of a patient’s illness can prevent a lot of complications, it by no means prevents all. One example is, stress to the body and mind. Even though being told such ominous news can bring a huge toll to the body and mind, it gives access to many different paths for the patients rather than having only one path, which is
Although the article informs that race and ethnicity plays a big role in terminal prognosis, the situation goes far beyond mere race and ethnicity beliefs. Whether they are Korean or Mexican American, white or black, the human body and its state belongs to the patient and one should have every right to know the situation that their body is in; furthermore, be able to make informed decisions about their medical care. Eventually, patients will find out the situation they are destined to be in, so why not give them time to prepare and strive for recovery by relaying the information to …show more content…
Being informed of the seriousness of a patient’s illness can prevent a lot of complications. For example, a patient that is going to die soon, but shows no sign of symptoms that hints death and is not relayed any information of the seriousness, will be overjoyed that they are going to be okay and will not take extra measures in recovery, only to be met with the ugly truth in the end. That being said, with knowledge early on, the patient has time and a chance to strive for recovery instead of having false hope and eventually losing everything. Although being informed of the seriousness of a patient’s illness can prevent a lot of complications, it by no means prevents all. One example is, stress to the body and mind. Even though being told such ominous news can bring a huge toll to the body and mind, it gives access to many different paths for the patients rather than having only one path, which is