Brief moments in the eerie silence of death

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Brief moments in the eerie silence of death

Lucy O'Hagan photo

Lucy O'Hagan

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Death is stillness [Bruno Kelzer on Unsplash]

Lucy O’Hagan follows her own rituals when confirming a patient has died

I have often wondered what other doctors do, alone in a room with a dead body. I’ve never seen a protocol. Death seems to happen overnight, so ofte