When you or anyone dear to you gets to know that probably he or she is left with very short life span what would be your reaction? Then think about the reaction of the person himself who is involved, don't you think it is really difficult to manage such situation? Indeed it is, but it is not something which cannot be dealt with. One can easily come out of this dilemma with the support of his/her family and friends. But definitely the first step begins with a good consultation that too physician.
In case consultation is undertaken, one must remember that it should be highly personalized and include all the aspects like how to increase the life span as well as how to save the life. The major task of a physician at this stage is to be honest with the patient but try to give some hope too. Not all physicians can do this, as balancing both the truth as well as hope is not an easy task, but if you choose an experienced physician who can tactfully handle the situation. At this stage the consultation, must emphasize on several aspects be it the stag eat which patient has arrived, or about the life support system that the patient might require etc.
This is also a stage where the family and friends too needs to calm down and start accepting the truth rather than getting swayed by the anger or sorrow of loosing someone. By this stage, with the advancement of the symptoms and patient's physical state slowly it becomes easy for both the patient as well as the family to realize that the death is quite near. Once they start accepting that death is approaching, patient can easily fulfill his/her dreams of say seeing some place or for that matter a marriage in the family and achieve all his/her dreams.
Hence in order to accept death one needs to understand that it is a part of life, so it is meant to be accepted because ignoring will only bring pain.
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