The Dying Process

• I believe that the more knowledge of the dying process helps to decrease the denial and fear of the process. The knowledge that we will inevitably die influences every decision that we make. Our relationship with death is the most important one we’ll ever have. To wait until we are actually dying to acknowledge that relationship is to deny a large part of ourselves. If I know what to assume then I can better prepare for what is ahead. In my experience the less I know about something the more I fear it. The hospital program schools the family and the single on what to assume and how to arrange for it. If people did not value the awareness then hospice would not be expanding at the rate has. Also knowledge may help the single receive the process