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Dignity at the End of Life: A Podcast with Harvey Chochinov
I hear the word dignity used a lot in the medical setting, but I'm never sure what people mean when they use it. You'd imagine that as a seasoned palliative care doc, I'd have a pretty good definition by now of what "maintaining dignity" or "loss of dignity" means, but you'd be sadly wrong.
Well that all changes today as we've invited the world's foremost expert in dignity at the end of life, Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, to join us on the podcast. Harvey is probably best known for his work in developing dignity therapy, a psychological intervention designed specifically to address many of the…
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