Efforts to Improve The Way We Die (Diane Rehm Show )

Diane speaks with Dr. Roger Kligler who is living with advanced stage cancer and is suing the state of Massachusetts for right to access to prescription medication which would allow him to die peacefully in his sleep. Then, a conversation with intensive and palliative care specialist Dr. Jessica Zitter on how better communication between patients and their doctors can help people avoid pointless and often painful medical interventions as they come to the end of their lives...
Interview:
http://wamu.org/story/17/02/17/efforts-to-improve-the-way-we-die/