Once people have been told that they got a terminal illness, the first time that across to their mind must be the medication. The medication for terminal illness is not a matter of simple thing, it is related to a lot of amounts of money unlike other common illness in which need only once or twice medication and the effects can be seen right away. It is agreed that terminal illness must affect people financially. “According to information released by the National Cancer Institute in January 2009, 10 years worth of treatments for breast cancer (which may be intermittent) cost an average of $21,000, while prostate and lung cancer hovered around $40,000”. (eHow)
Terminal illness needs a special treatment both physically and phsychologically. Especially physically, it has to do with particular fees, for instance if people suffer cancer, then they will be suggested to have the chemotheraphy. Chemotheraphy may be not the only way to cure cancers, but at least it is the best way for the patients to help them less suffer with their illness. Besides that, terminal illness affects not only the patients who don’t have the ability to be productive and earn money by themselves, but also affects people around them especially family who feels responsible in taking care of terminally ill people. “A survey has shown that people suffering from cancer and surviving from cancer related problems were more complex than any other disease related problems. The cost of the treatment was believed to be the major reason for all the patients.” (Chemotheraphy Treatments). “
“According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 percent of cancer patients younger than 65 delay or refuse treatment due to the high associated cost”. (Live Strong). It is obvious that people without any medication will end up faster than people with a regular treatment and medication.
Therefore, not all of terminally ill people will decide to have a medication. For those who trust the existence of God may be thinking another way. In this case, they will have a strong faith that everything that causes pain may bring peaceful at the end. They will give up their life and accept everything as their destiny. Even there is a special treatment in a religious way which is provided for those who want to increase their spiritual belief to heal their illness.
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