Seeing life as an individual is precisely the problem of cultural differences between the West and the East. Easterners regard life as a collective. Heart-to-heart, if we all want to know the truth and make decisions about our own bodies, should we also consider using the same attitude towards our dearest people? My attitude is still that for the vast majority of mentally healthy patients, we should tell, because there are some The findings show that concealment does more harm than good. 1: The vast majority of the surveyed patients want to know the truth in order to fulfill their unfulfilled wishes and arrange their aftermath. 2: Concealment can easily lead to excessive medical treatment, which not only increases costs, but also brings unnecessary pain to patients. For the most advanced patients, it should be a better choice to carry out palliative therapy, improve the quality of life, and make life dignified to the end. If the patient does not know the truth, and the family is unwilling to give up, and asks the doctor to try his best to rescue, it will bring a lot of ineffective treatment. 3: The probability of being concealed from dying in a hospital bed or operating table is greatly increased, and many patients who know the truth will choose to return to a familiar environment at the end of their lives and complete the final journey accompanied by their relatives. 4: Concealing patients will bring long-term guilt to many families. After concealing the condition, if the patient dies during treatment, or expresses that he did not fulfill his wish before death, or the treatment process is painful, it is easy for the family members to feel regret and self-blame for a long time after the death of the patient. Tell the truth, return the decision of life to the patient, and relieve the pressure that family members and doctors should not bear
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