Death Is Not a System Failure: A New Look at the End of Life

This essay analyzes the contemporary crisis in care for the dying, pointing to the dehumanization of the process of death within the technocratic medical paradigm. Citing Christopher Kerr's research, the text sheds new light on death dreams and visions (ELDVs), viewing them not as a systemic error but as a key element of biographical integration and building a patient's sense of security. The author advocates for a return to medicine's "epistemic conscience," in which the patient's subjective experience becomes a fully-fledged clinical fact. This is a call for the rehumanization of palliative care, which, instead of focusing solely on biological parameters, should accompany the person in their existential transition.