Table 6 Awareness of and communication about dying
From: Dying in acute hospitals: voices of bereaved relatives
Did your relative know he/she was likely to die? | Â | News of likelihood to die told in a caring and sensitive way | Â |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes, certainly | 18.4% (64) | Yes, definitely | 26.4% (58) |
Yes, probably | 27.0% (94) | Yes, to some extent | 13.6% (30) |
Probably not | 19.8% (69) | No, not at all | 2.7% (6) |
No, definitely not | 24.7% (86) | Patient did not know was going to die | 18.6% (41) |
Unsure | 10.1% (35) | Not told relative was going to die | 25.5% (56) |
|  |  | Don’t know | 13.2% (29) |
Total | 348 | Â | 220 |