What is a Good Death?
Everyone from Aristotle to Kanye West has pondered the good life (they don’t quite agree, incidentally). But few have considered a good death. “It’s impressive you came out to hear about the end of life,” moderator Michael Wilkes said to a full house at NPR West in Culver City. Wilkes, Vice Dean for Medical Education at UC Davis and a constant contributor to KCRW and the New York Times, talked about the much-feared d-word with Susan Stone, Los Angeles County Medical Center’s award-winning Director of Palliative Care and Betty …
