This reminds me of a great This American Life episode, 'In Defense of Ignorance' [1], that deals with this theme, only the ignorant person was the one dying. It

This reminds me of a great This American Life episode, 'In Defense of Ignorance' [1], that deals with this theme, only the ignorant person was the one dying. It follows an elderly Chinese woman whose terminal cancer diagnosis was kept from her. [1] https://www.thisamericanlife.org/585/in-defense-of-ignorance https://www.thisamericanlife.org/585/in-defense-of-ignorance (act 1, What You Don't Know)