When A Beloved Life Ends, Virtual Hugs Can't Replace Human Touch

By Eric Deggans

Published May 3, 2020 at 5:00 AM MDT

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How many more might recover, if they had a loved one by their side while fighting for life? An only son aches for the healing power of human touch in his mother's last days, and at her funeral.

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Eric Deggans is NPR's first full-time TV critic.

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