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You’re likely referring to Dr. Pamela M. Kircher (sometimes listed as Pamela Kircher Arnold)—a hospice physician who reportedly had a near-death experience (NDE) as a child and later worked with countless NDE survivors in her professional role.

👩‍⚕️ Who Is Dr. Pamela Kircher?

• A hospice doctor who has both personally experienced NDEs and professionally cared for patients at the end of life.
• She authored Love Is the Link: A Hospice Doctor Shares Her Experience of Near‑Death and Dying—a memoir weaving her own childhood NDE with accounts from her hospice patients  .
• In the book, she discusses:
  
• How her own near-death event triggered a lifelong calling in end‑of‑life care.
• Her work with dying patients, witnessing transformations, deathbed visions, and peace in their final moments  .
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🧭 Why Her Story Matters

1. Dual perspective: As someone who’s both walked through NDE personally and seen it reflected in others, she bridges the emotional and medical dimensions of dying.
2. Growing hospice awareness: Her life’s work underscores the power of presence, compassion, and understanding of spiritual phenomena like NDEs in hospice and palliative care.
3. Educational effects: Her story adds credibility in medical and spiritual circles about NDEs and the kinds of transformative experiences they can bring—personally and professionally.

📘 Key Takeaways from Her Book

• Childhood NDE: She had a profound early life experience near death that influenced her empathy and vocation ().
• Patient stories: Her book collects numerous NDE reports from hospice patients, revealing common themes of peace, lights, deceased loved ones, and reassurance at life’s end  .
• Holistic insight: HOSPICE care is about more than pain relief—it’s about psychological, emotional, and spiritual comfort, especially when encountering death-related experiences  .

💡 Related Perspectives

• A hospice nurse, Hadley, is also known for sharing video accounts and writing about patient experiences and NDEs  .
• Other prominent medical professionals who’ve explored consciousness during near-death or death processes include Dr. Bruce Greyson, Dr. Mary Neal, and Dr. Raymond Moody  .

🧭 Would You Like to Explore More?

• Highlights or quotes from Love Is the Link
• Other medical professionals with NDEs who became doctors or nurses
• Practical hospice or palliative-care perspectives on NDEs at the end of life
• Comparisons with AWARE study findings by Dr. Sam Parnia

Let me know which path you’d like to take!