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As a relative to a dying person, I have the right to: Enjoy my own good health without feeling guilty. It is not my fault that someone I love is dying. Choose whom I will talk to about my relative’s disease. If someone’s feelings are hurt because I do not wish to answer their questions, it is not my fault. Know what is going on in our family, even if I am a child. Be told the truth about my relative’s disease, condition and prognosis in words I can understand. Disagree or get angry with someone, even if they are dying. Sickness does not stop someone from being human. Feel what I am feeling, not what someone else says I "should" be feeling. Look after my own needs, even if they do not seem as great as the needs of my dying relative. I can take a "time out" without feeling disloyal. Get outside help for my dying relative and family members if we cannot cope by ourselves. Get help for myself, even if others in my family choose not to get help. Maintain hope, in whatever form that might be. No one has the right to take my hope away from me. << Back Copyright © 2007 GlaxoSmithKline Inc.