The Atlantic: A 2012 report from the California HealthCare Foundation found that, while 80 percent of people said that if they were seriously ill, they’d want to discuss their end-of-life options with their doctor, only 7 percent had…
The Atlantic: A 2012 report from the California HealthCare Foundation found that, while 80 percent of people said that if they were seriously ill, they’d want to discuss their end-of-life options with their doctor, only 7 percent had…
USA Today: Talking about serious illness and death is hard. That’s why so few people do it. But it’s important. That’s why there’s a growing movement to get more of these conversations going among families and…
Daily Democrat: While 82 percent of Californians say it is important to have end-of-life wishes in writing, only 23 percent of us have done so, according to a poll by the California HealthCare Foundation. And that…
Wicked Local: As the director of the Beverly Council on Aging and Senior Community Center, I am an advocate of finding a way to have “the talk” with our older parents, relatives or neighbors. In…
The Huffington Post: TARA: The first thing I wanted to ask you about is a quote that comes from one of your columns that just made me exclaim, ‘how does she just capture the spirit…
The San Jose Mercury News: “Everyone says they don’t want to die in a hospital, with tubes in every orifice,” said U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo. She saw the two paths of medicine when…