I imagine @LockeProposal to be a history professor tucked away in some dark library corner, huddled over stacks and stacks of stories, transcribing them all from paper to the internet.

Hospice care, eh? Bless his soul for that. I knew a girl who worked hospice, and she was so casual with the idea of death. She had seen so many people pass, held several of them as their heart just stopped. I'm guessing it wasn't easy at first, but she apparently grew a thick skin and it never bothered her to talk about the people in her life that were dying. She mentioned once that it felt colder in the room when somebody died, but I don't know if that is placebo or something really happening.