Living a Meaningful Life (5/5): What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix
About this episode
Kathryn Mannix discusses the practical wisdom of dying and how understanding the process can alleviate fear for patients and their loved ones.
Have we lost the practical wisdom of what happens as people die? With lessons from a career witnessing thousands of people's final breaths, palliative care expert Kathryn Mannix urges us to demystify the experience of death, sharing how a better understanding of what actually happens can reduce fear in the final days, for you and your loved ones. After the talk, Shoshana shares how one patient changed her life forever and led her to found endwellproject.org, a platform dedicated to making end-of-life PART of life. This episode originally aired on March 26, 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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