Death: Not all doom and gloom

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Death: Not all doom and gloom

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash
“We were encouraged to laugh (and pray) with patients and even ask them how they felt about dying” [Image: Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash]

A family funeral has Barbara Docherty reminiscing about past attitudes to death where there’s always a place for humour

“He told me many times he wasn’t afraid to die: ‘I just don’t want to be there when it happens’” I’m taking a risk by saying that I enjoyed a fu