Boston's National Public Radio station, WBUR, recently ran a series called "Quality of Death: End of Life Care in America." Rachel Gotbaum examines "what prevents many patients from having a dignified death." The segments are:
Segment One: A costly ordeal
Segment Two: What the patients want
Segment Three: Palliative care
Segment Four: Talking about death
Segment Five: Comfort and costs
The series includes an interview with Diane Meier of the Center to Advance Palliative Care and Elliott Fisher of the Dartmouth Atlas Project. The Running a Hospital blog includes all the segments in an easy to navigate list.
