Beyond Medicine—A Visit that Mattered

This narrative article navigates through a not-so-common scenario in India of bringing a pet dog to a tertiary care hospital to meet patient's wishes. It involves how honoring dignity at end of life care can bring happiness to patient and how it positively impacted his family. This experience reminded me how non-pharmacological measures to preserve dignity at the end of life are as important as taking pharmacological steps to provide symptom relief.