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Proximity eases suffering at deathbed

16-03-2023

Central Europe

Jonathan Steinert, PRO

Proximity eases suffering at deathbed

A nurse holds the hand of a patient in the palliative care unit. Photo AFP, Pascal Pochard-Casabianca

Central Europe

Seriously ill people are afraid of suffering. Some, therefore, want to end their lives prematurely. But the suffering can be alleviated. That is what palliative doctors and nurses specialise in. Often there are other needs behind the wish to die.

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