article_snippet: Patient's relative meets doctors
article_snippet: And, like all relatives, I needed kindness and support because I was going to play a crucial role in my husband's care.
article_snippet: The nearest and dearest have to explain, encourage and display the morale-boosting love and concern that can speed recovery.
article_snippet: Anyone who's been a hospital patient knows what a comfort it is to have an advocate focusing just on Anyone who's been a hospital patient and making sure Anyone who's been a hospital patient get what Anyone who's been a hospital patient need.
article_snippet: And the better informed the relative is by the doctors, the sooner the doctors can take the patient home and free up the hospital bed.
article_snippet: Relatives are also essential if there is bad news.