#  Tracy Balboni: 'Harvard Thinking' — Facing Death With Dignity 

 



## Facing Death With Dignity

### In a podcast episode, a chaplain, an ethicist and a doctor talk about end-of-life care

Nothing is certain except death and taxes. Yet when it comes to death, trying to avoid that certainty has created a culture of discomfort and poor care when it comes to helping people face the end of their lives.

“Death is hidden from us,” said [Tracy Balboni](/people/tracy-balboni-md-mph "Tracy A. Balboni, MD, MPH") in this episode of “Harvard Thinking.” She’s a radiation oncologist and physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “But death will come. As far as I know, no one has avoided it. And yet we’re largely divorced from how to embrace that as families, as communities, in a way that is honoring of both the person who is dying as well as the individuals who are losing a loved one.”

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\[READ MORE: [Facing Death With Dignity Podcast with Tracy Balboni, Mildred Solomon and Chris Berlin](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/03/harvard-thinking-facing-death-with-dignity-podcast/)\]



 



 

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