Resources:
Click on the ‘Being Mortal’ link to watch a powerful film regarding end of life. FRONTLINE follows renowned New Yorker writer and Boston surgeon Atul Gawande as he explores the relationships doctors have with patients who are nearing the end of life. The film investigates the practice of caring for the dying, and shows how doctors are often remarkably untrained, ill-suited and uncomfortable talking about chronic illness and death with their patients.
Articles shared by our Board of Directors & Staff:
“The Status of End-of-Life Care in the United States | The Glass Is Half Full” - Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
“Letting Her Be in Charge” - Lynn E. Fiellin, MD
“How strangers touching strangers transformed the moment of death.” - Charles Wohlforth
“Your father was gasping for breath. The hospice care providers had not yet trained you in how to respond. So you called 911.” - Daniela J. Lamas, M.D.
“My hospice patients were dying, but they still longed for fresh air and birdsong.” - Rachel Clarke
“She lost her husband, her father and a pregnancy at 31. Now she’s helping others explore grief.” - Marjorie Brimley
“The funeral as we know it is becoming a relic — just in time for a death boom.” -Karen Heller
“A Good Life And A Good Death: What Is Palliative Care?” - Health Inc.
‘Will You Stay With Me Until I Die?’ - Lori Gottlieb