Dialogue- Hospice

For better or worse, the term "end of life" has managed to find a predominant place in our national conversation as of late. The health care overhaul has forced us to examine our mortality in a new light. How will we spend our final days? How will we make the important decisions that have to be made? And what role do government, family and the medical profession have in the process? The simple fact that the term "end of life" has become so politically charged may be a testament to the sensitivity with which we view our passing.
For more than 40 years, the hospice movement has attempted to address that sensitivity head-on. On this episode of Dialogue, host Matt Shafer Powell speaks with Barbara Sears and Brenda Fletcher. Sears is the Administrator of the University of Tennessee Hospice Program and Brenda Fletcher is the program's Volunteer and Bereavement Coordinator...

Posted by mpowell7 at September 2, 2009 01:00 PM | Links to this post
Categories: