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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2025 · 38 MIN

‘You can let go now’: inside the hospital where staff treat fear of death as well as physical pain

from The Audio Long Read · host The Guardian

In a Danish palliative care unit, the alternative to assisted dying is not striving to cure – offering relief and comfort to patients and their families By Line Vaaben. Read by Freya Miller. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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