The sound of death rattle I: are relatives distressed by hearing this sound? (2006)
Wee, Bee L., Coleman, P.G., Hillier, R., Holgate, S.H.
Background: Death rattle is the noisy, rattling breathing that occurs in many dying patients. Health professionals intervene because the sound is said to distress attendant relatives. We found no...
The sound of death rattle II: how do relatives interpret the sound? (2006)
Wee, Bee L., Coleman, P.G., Hillier, R., Holgate, S.H.
Background: In an earlier study, we found that some bereaved relatives (five out of 12 interviewed) found it distressing to hear the sound of death rattle, but the remainder did not. In this paper,...