I’m a palliative care doctor — this is the main thing people get wrong about death

Guilt and shame play a part (Picture: Getty Images)

Dr Michelle Hills has spent years caring for terminally ill children — and time and time again, she’s seen people get the same thing wrong when it comes to death.

The chief medical officer at Martin House Children’s Hospice says many families fear that talking about dying means ‘giving up’ on a loved one.

But in her opinion, the opposite is actually true.

‘I was talking with the father of a child who was stopping ...