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December 29, 2006

PREPARING FOR THE END
As advances in medicine prolong the end of life, attitudes and treatment of the dying in the medical system often have yet to adjust to this new reality.  Today on House Calls, we talk with Stephen Kiernan, author of Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System, Dr. James Tulsky, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Palliative Care at Duke University, and Jason Parker, Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Old Dominion University, about how to best use the end of life as an opportunity to improve life for our loved ones and ourselves.

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Center for Palliative Care at Duke University
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