Grave Concerns
Preparing people for their inevitable end. What to think about if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a life limiting illness.
Cathy Wurzer, with the End in Mind Project, talks with experts so you can have some peace of mind about an end-of-life journey.
Grave Concerns
Ending Well: Lessons from Dr. Jessica Zitter on Facing Mortality
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Nationally known palliative care doctor, Jessica Zitter, says medical school students are taught how to keep patients alive, but no one teaches them how to let a patient die.
Dr. Zitter's best selling book "Extreme Measures", was part biography and part expose into how our culture deals with death and dying. She argues that our current medical culture puts patients on what she calls the "End of Life Conveyor Belt."
Grave Concerns host Cathy Wurzer sat down with Jessica Zitter to talk about Zitter's quest to change how we die in the United States and the intersection of medicine and movie making. Dr. Zitter is one of a handful of working physicians who also produce films.
Dr. Zitter's non-profit organization is Reel Medicine Media.
