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Dying to Talk

Dying To Talk: Extreme Measures

By Matt Martin
Published April 24, 2017 at 10:55 AM PDT
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Gordon Kaufman and Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter at the live recording at Mission Hospice & Home Care
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Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter

Join host Dr. Dawn Gross for a conversation with physician and author Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter and Gordon Kaufman, both featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary Extremis, as they discuss the challenges posed by a healthcare system operating on the premise that more is always better.  

Recorded in front of a live audience at Mission Hospice & Home Care in San Mateo.  Thursday, April 27th at 7pm.

Resources related to this conversation:

Extremis

Jessica Nutik Zitter Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life

Jessica Nutik Zitter, NewYorkTimes.com: "In the Hospital, Resisting the Urge to Do More"

Mission Hospice & Home Care

Coda Alliance

Go Wish

Compassion & Choices: Tools to Manage End of Life Care

National Health Care Decisions Week

POLST

Dawn Gross plays "Go Wish" on the air with her family

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Matt Martin
Matt Martin was KALW’s general manager from 2006 through 2018. Under his leadership, KALW grew into one of the most productive and innovative stations in public radio. Programs launched at KALW during Matt’s tenure as GM include the award-winning local newsmagazine Crosscurrents, the design podcast 99% Invisible, and the Spanish-language narrative journalism program Radio Ambulante. He helped create the station’s Audio Academy, a year-long program aimed at developing new talents in public radio, and led the first broad-based strategic planning process in the station’s history.
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