Tag: Hospice

  • Nation & World

    As the end nears, who’s in control?

    Advocates and opponents of medical-aid-in-dying laws, also called physician-assisted death, gathered at Harvard Medical School for a two-day conference organized by the HMS Center for Bioethics.

    6 minutes
    Dan Diaz discusses medical aid in dying with Mildred Solomon.
  • Nation & World

    Preoccupied with life

    Harvard-affiliated surgeon and writer Atul Gawande explores big questions around end-of-life care in “Being Mortal.”

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Giving back

    Marie Trottier handles accessibility issues at Harvard for the disabled, but she’s also involved in establishing a hospice, and acts on the side.

    3 minutes