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When family elders speak to spirits during illness

My grandmother always said she could feel the spirits around her and now that she's dying she keeps talking to people who aren't there and I don't know if this is dementia or something sacred I should honor.

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The intersection of medical and spiritual realities creates uncertainty about how to honor both healing traditions and clinical care.

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