War deaths

[dspiel]

There was a story on NPR this morning about the head of chaplaincy for a region of VA hospitals, and how he was notified of every military death for his region.  It got me to thinking about death.... what it must be like to have a loved one die in a war zone

Comments

[willyousplode]

*moment of silence*

[anonymous]

I heard a story on NPR once about nurses who work on oncology floors. Cancer is almost universally considered a terrible disease, a sad death. But when onc nurses were polled, they almost unanimously said that after working with cancer patients up close, they would choose cancer as a way to die. They said that it is a disease that gives both the patient and the patient's family a sense of closure and a certain amount of time to come to terms with the fact that they were about to die, and to say a final goodbye to their loved ones. When their time had come, these patients were ready for their death, and so were their families.

[dspiel]

Wow. Quite an incredible though.

*Curious who posted this*