B.J. Miller, a renowned palliative care physician and advocate for a new perspective on death, shares transformative insights about dying. He challenges the prevailing medical ethos of prolonging life at all costs, advocating for open conversations about mortality instead. Miller emphasizes the emotional complexities of end-of-life care, urging society to embrace death as a natural part of life. Through personal anecdotes and a critique of current healthcare practices, he calls for a compassionate approach to dying that honors individual experiences.
In this special episode of People I (Mostly) Admire, Steve Levitt speaks with the palliative physician B.J. Miller about modern medicine’s goal of “protecting a pulse at all costs.” Is there a better, even beautiful way to think about death and dying?
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