A retired palliative care doctor explains what 'ordinary dying' looks like. Dr Kathryn Mannix breaks down the final moments saying 'the body starts to run out of energy' and that many dying people 'don't feel very hungry'.
Kathryn Mannix, 64, is raising awareness about the final moments before death. READ MORE:A retired doctor has revealed what the final moments before death look like, in a bid to help people 'tackle the fear' of passing on.
In a bid to dispel some of the fears around death, she said towards the end of life a lot of people will be unconscious. Dr Kathryn Mannix , 64, appeared on an episode of BBC Woman's Hour to discuss her new short animation 'Dying for Beginners' 'So as time goes by people gradually need more sleep to give them intervals of enough energy to think and do what they can. And gradually people become not just asleep, but unconscious.
'And then back to the beginning again, and backwards and forwards between periods of quite slow breathing, more rapid breathing, back to slow breathing again. The retired palliative care doctor revealed what the final moments before death look like, in a bid to help people 'tackle the fear' of passing on
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