Palliative Care Lecture

The final lecture related to the community wide reading of the book, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande is called, “Palliative Care in Serious Illness: Living as Well as You Can for as Long as You Can,” and will be given by Vicki A. Jackson, MD, chief of the Division of Palliative Care at Massachusetts General Hospital.  Dr. Jackson will discuss the needs of patients with serious illness and how to advocate for them.

This event is free and open to the public but registration is required!  Registration will be handled through Cooley Dickinson Hospital.  Visit their website, http://www.cooley-dickinson.org/classes or call 888-554-4234 to register.