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How to Talk End-of-Life Care with a Dying Patient - Atul Gawande

Posted by Greg Schneider on August 7, 2011 at 12:01pm
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Practicing surgeon Atul Gawande discusses the four important parts of talking with terminally ill patients about their end-of-life care. Rather than pressing patients to make hard decisions, Gawande emphasizes the importance of asking questions about their hopes and fears. ----- This excerpt was taken from a program titled "How to Live When You Have to Die," featuring Atul Gawande. It was recorded in collaboration with the New Yorker Festival, on October 2, 2010. Atul Gawande is a practicing surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. Previously, he served as a senior health-policy adviser in the Clinton Administration. He is the author of "Complications," "Better," and "The Checklist Manifesto." This year, he won a National Magazine Award for his New Yorker piece "The Cost Conundrum." Here is a link to a related New Yorker article: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/02/100802fa_fact_gawande?printable=true Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2010

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  • Greg Schneider August 7, 2011 at 12:29pm
    The "Premium video" is a bit pricy -- $50+ but if you are an organization that can afford it, it is good.  I saw the video when it was first released...free then.  Now the New Yorker is selling it.
  • Greg Schneider August 7, 2011 at 12:27pm

    The accompanying New Yorker article is excellent.  Well worth the read.

    Greg

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