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How to respond when dying people see dead relatives

My father-in-law is in hospice and keeps asking to see his dead wife, and my husband gets upset and corrects him, but I think we should just play along.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The threshold between worlds may reveal itself to the dying in ways that challenge survivors' need for rational boundaries.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Death and dying — the physical process?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.