I think it is absolutely disrespectful when people take pictures at funerals/hospitals of their dead or dying relatives. Ive worked in a nursing home and hospital for 5 years and nothing is as precious as privacy during your last few moments of life. It is such a private matter and should be handled delicately and with the upmost respect. There are other ways to show love! This is not one of them. Ive seen patients in heartbreaking pain and toughen up when their family comes in to visit and it breaks my heart that their pain is broadcasted on social media. I have had quite the experience working at a hospice center and performed postmortem care and its both a beautiful and fragile thing to leave this world in peace. Performing end of life care is done delicately and we honor whatever last wishes the patient/family had. This is respect. Honoring the deceased that have moved on from this earth. When you take photos of your dead family members in their casket it reminds me of the anesthesiologist I used to job shadow who said, In a world where our privacy is out of our control, and we are constantly being filmed and photographed without our permission, the last thing we need is our trusted loved ones or trusted care providers to take advantage of it when we are unable to speak for ourselves. This is what he told us before we went into the OR to remind us to leave our phones in our pockets. Now, everyone has different beliefs and thats fair. But this is how I feel. I have seen death, pain and sadness too many times to be okay with someone posting a deceased relative or a relative hooked to a breathing tube on my TL. Feel free to unfollow me if you think this post is offensive. But I have cried and pained with the dying too often to give a shit about your need for likes on Facebook.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:51:49 +0000
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