Dying with cancer from patient and provider perspectives

In the Health Section of this week’s Washington Post and in greater detail in the Narrative Matters portion of this month’s Health Affairs, Dr. Diane Meier, a noted expert in the field of palliative medicine and a professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, writes about the role of palliative care in oncology. Dr. Meier uses one case example to illustrate the wishes of one of her patients, Jenny, to be able to anticipate and adjust to what comes next as she deals with a metastatic cancer diagnosis. Read more here.