How is the health care professional's role different when assisting a dying patient as compared to assisting a patient who is likely to recover?
When assisting a dying patient, the health care professional's role is not to help the patient "get better" or to facilitate a cure. Instead, the health care professional should make the patient comfortable, be available to listen, and accept the patient's choices.
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