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By Sonya N. Hebert, MCT, Source: MCT Photos Live

palliative care

Palliative care nurse Min Patel, center, comforts Suporia Givens, right, who has just learned that her 92-year-old grandmother, Lucinda Flemings is dying, May 30, 2008. Flemings was admitted to Baylor University Medical Center after suffering from extreme leg pain and difficulty swallowing. Patel spends much of her time comforting patients and families coming to terms with the realization that the end of life is near. (Sonya N. Hebert/Dallas Morning News/MCT)