When I speak to groups, there are usually a few people who come up afterwards and tell me a story. I love stories. People are endlessly fascinating, and listening to their stories has been the best part of practicing medicine. Four or five years ago, after a talk at a community college, an older, white-haired…
Year: 2017
Paperwork: Living Will, Power of Attorney, and Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Why talk about death? So that you can live your life the way you want to – right up until the end. The last century brought us medical advances that were unimaginable when my grandfather graduated from medical school in 1927. We have antibiotics, chemotherapy, organ transplants, and clot-busters. We can prolong life – and, unfortunately, we…