What the Dead Can Teach Us

Time to Eat the Dogs

• Episode: What the Dead Can Teach Us
• Website: Time to Eat the Dogs
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• Duration: 00:38:17
• Published: 2018-05-22 00:40

Too often, Dr. Pauline Chen argues, the focus on keeping patients alive gets in the way of helping those who are approaching death. Chen shares her experiences as a medical student and transplant surgeon -- the subject of her book Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality -- and how they've shaped the way she practices medicine.