I have a relative who recently passed away after a short battle with cancer. In the weeks and months following her surprising diagnosis, she didn’t want to know

I have a relative who recently passed away after a short battle with cancer. In the weeks and months following her surprising diagnosis, she didn’t want to know the details of her prognosis, which I’ve come to respect and understand. While her physicians also understood and respected that, during an emergency room visit due to her cancer, she was quite coldly and clinically told what her prognosis was. I’ve come to recognize how important proper communication - communication that respects the parties most deeply affected - really is.