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Dr. Christopher Kerr share his research about end-of-life experiences, supported by some real interviews, with the hope that we would hear what he have heard from the dying. "Their words are compelling and relevant," he said, and they might leave open the possibility that end-of-life experiences affirm rather than deny life.

Dr. Christopher W. Kerr is the Chief Medical Officer at The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, where he has worked since 1999. His background in research has evolved from bench science towards the human experience of illness as witnessed from the bedside, specifically patients' dreams and visions at the end of life. Although medically ignored, these near universal experiences often provide comfort and meaning as well as insight into the life led and the death anticipated.