When a person is dying on their death bed, do you tell them they're dying in case they don't know?

I mean like in some cases they wake up from surgery and are in hospice care because the surgery didn't go well. Often they can't speak or communicate but can hear/see.

Do or should their family or hospice staff tell them they're dying? Or do people generally think it's better not to?

Posted Apr 2, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC

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