[collaborative]

There is a chinese movie about how in China people often don't tell cancer patients that they have cancer until it is well too late in order to let them live with as much normality as possible for as long as possible. The operation involves a doctor having a private conversation with a relative, and being complicit in the pretense

[jimt1234]

Same concept. American/Chinese movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farewell_(2019_film)

[meijer]

This was common in the West, too, as late as in the 90s.

I don't like it, though. I want to be able to prepare for my death.