Questions of Death and Dying
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As Death Approaches continued...
Most people with a terminal illness become unconscious in the last few hours or even days before death. But that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't still know that you are there. Many palliative care and hospice professionals will tell you that hearing is often the last sense to go at the end of life.
Well after your mother, grandfather, or sister no longer can speak, they can still hear you say, "I love you."
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Laura J. Martin, MD on July 15, 2011
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