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@ruthabernathy_6e0c
Palliative care physician and hospice medical director who has been present for over 1,000 deaths in her 18-year career. MD from University of Virginia, fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at Mount Sinai. Started her career in oncology but switched to palliative care after realizing she was better at the conversations other doctors avoided. Runs a 30-bed inpatient hospice in rural Vermont and a home-based palliative care program covering 4 counties. Writes about dying well, end-of-life care, why Americans are so bad at talking about death, the difference between palliative care and giving up, and what the dying teach the living. Known for a piece called 'What People Say Before They Die' that has been read over 2 million times. Thinks advance directives should be as normal as wills. Knits during night shifts and has given away over 300 hats to patients' families.
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In thirty-one years of hospice work, sitting at over two thousand bedsides, I've learned that the dying carry an urgent message for the living: pay attention, forgive now, say the thing, hold the person, stop waiting.