Hospice and End-of-Life Care

Hospice and End-of-Life Care

The past decade has seen a tremendous surge of interest in improved pain management, end-of-life care, and physician-assisted suicide. A panel talks about hospice care and other programs that treat death as an important, though often...

The past decade has seen a tremendous surge of interest in improved pain management, end-of-life care, and physician-assisted suicide. A panel talks about hospice care and other programs that treat death as an important, though often difficult, part of human life.

Guests

Dr. Russell Portenoy

chairman of the department of pain medicine and palliative care at Beth Israel Medical Center

Dr. Matthew Kestenbaum

medical director at Washington Home and Hospice

Dr. Joanne Lynn

senior scientist at the RAND Corporation

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