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HNSC 3314 Human Encounters with Death and Bereavement

Readings & Videos

Weekly Content

  1. Weekly lecture video
  2. PBS Frontline episode (2015): "Being Mortal" (55 mins)
  3. Ira Byock (2008) "The downsides of dying in a hospital" (3:34)
  4. ra Byock (2008) "Why is end-of-life care neglected by the medical profession?”(1:54)
  5. Ira Byock (2008) "What drew you to end-of-life care?" (4:41)

Citation: PBS FRONTLINE (Feb 10, 2015) Being Mortal (Season 2015 Episode 3 (54:11) https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-being-mortal/


Citation: Byock, Ira. (n.d) The Downsides of Dying in a Hospital. (3:34) Big Think https://bigthink.com/videos/the-downsides-of-dying-in-a-hospital/


Citation: Byock, Ira. (n.d) Why is end-of-life care neglected by the medical profession? (2:00) Big Think https://bigthink.com/videos/why-is-end-of-life-care-neglected-by-the-medical-profession/


Citation: Byock, Ira. (n.d) What drew you to end-of-life care? (4:41) Big Think https://bigthink.com/videos/what-drew-you-to-end-of-life-care/

Activities Due

  1. Longer Slack post (Sun)
  2. Two Slack replies (Wed)
  3. Session #7 Quiz on Blackboard (Wed)

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