BBC programme 'Relationships' discusses 'Adjusting to bad news'
This BBC website looks at how people can react to news of a terminal illness in many different ways. The initial reaction is either disbelief, numbness, confusion and shock. They often remember very little of what the doctor tells them. There are many ways that people learn to adjust.
- A room with a view - Surroundings
- Are you sitting comfortably - Physical comfort
- Cleanliness is next to godliness - hygeine
- Food glorious food - Appetising food
- Getting to know you - Communication
- It's childsplay - All about children
- Let me entertain you - Coping with boredom
- Pleased to meet you - The welcome
- Relatively speaking - Relatives and carers
- The waiting game - Waiting rooms
- There's no place like home - Going home
- Trumpet voluntary - All about volunteers
- A death in the family - Empathy and compassion
- Long Term Care - The long and winding road
- Mobility - Getting there