“Medical training is about learning to defy death, when you can’t defy it, deny it, or avoid it.”
Dr. Christopher Kerr, MD, found comfort in the avoidance of death until his career path inevitably led him to hospice. As a hospice doctor, he cares for those at the end of life. He has found that the dreams and visions of dying patients are intense end of life experiences that are often comforting and healing. Often the dying will talk of vivid dreams or visions where they will say, “I see dead people.” They will describe those dreams as comforting with a sense of reunion and a feeling of not being alone.
“There is light within the darkness of dying.”