death
By chaze01
@chaze01 (185)
Philippines
February 6, 2011 1:24am CST
I work in a hospital, I encounter death on more occasions than I wish to remember. The hardest part about is consoling the grieving family. I wonder if there is an etiquette about this. How to be unobtrusive and helpful but at the same time being able to remind family members not to make too much noise with their grief as there is a cardiac patient on the next bed.
1 response
@imnobodyspecial (318)
• United States
7 Feb 11
If there is another room they could be directed to, that would be an answer for that issue, allowing select members of the family to escort the body as it is moved to the area it will be transported from is another way to help the family while keeping things calmer for other patients...
In a lot of ways the family doesn't just feel bereft, but also like they are cut out of the process of some of the final moments they can associate with their loved one...it's like the separation is too sudden and to sharp.
Finally some people have no other way to release the pain they are experiencing than to cry aloud...by moving them to another place to express this pain you would be saving them and others the embarrassment of public display of grief in a place where grief is all too often a visitor.
@chaze01 (185)
• Philippines
8 Feb 11
those are great ideas, but some people are not susceptible to suggestions. Even if you try to guide them to another room so they can express their grief they prefer to stay with their loved one.
