Lizzy, who is best known as the the person who brought the Death Cafe concept to the US, writes about the dangers of thinking that you know what to expect:
“The most important thing I’ve learned from my work in hospice is “knowing” can be dangerous for hospice staff. We take a situation that seems similar to one we have seen before and we can fall into the trap of assuming the outcome will be the same. Our patients and families take what they think they know from media or prior experience and apply expectations.”
Lizzy goes on to explore seven common assumptions she has come across during her career, such as: “you’re supposed to be unconscious when you’re about to die” and “people don’t want to be alone when they die.”
Read the full article, ‘We don’t know death: 7 assumptions we make about dying‘ on the Pallimed blog.
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