Strategic proposals to tackle big problems often die of defeatism. Talking with Chris Comeaux about the crisis in US hospice care was a dose of optimism. He understands that defeatism is self-fulfilling.
We can do this!
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hospice and palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care for people living with serious medical conditions. Emeritus professor of medicine and community & family medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. IraByock.org
Strategic proposals to tackle big problems often die of defeatism. Talking with Chris Comeaux about the crisis in US hospice care was a dose of optimism. He understands that defeatism is self-fulfilling.
We can do this!
lnkd.in/g7TgER4B
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