Nobody wants to tell someone else that they are going to die and there is no easy way to tell someone that their treatments have failed and/or they are going to die from cancer. Nobody wants to tell a cancer patient they have a terminal or incurable cancer and it’s only a matter of a short time. It’s never been easy to tell people of horrific future events in their lives.
And someone who is too blunt with a terminal cancer patient may find quite a bit of reflex and reactionary emotion coming back at them. An outburst filled with hostility, anger and pure hate. Of course, this is a reaction of fear and it is often coupled with denial and ignored. Thus, a doctor or loved one that is in charge of breaking the news needs to do it correctly. Otherwise, they may feel the effect of a “kill the messenger” syndrome, which is quite common.
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