Palliative Care Physician
BJ Miller
In Conversation with Pico Iyer
(2017/2018 Lectures)
“BJ Miller is passionate in this belief: It’s time for all of us to rethink, redesign and reimagine everything we’ve been taught to think about death.” – Oprah Winfrey
Dr. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative care specialist at UCSF Medical Center and former director of San Francisco’s groundbreaking Zen Hospice. A powerful voice for designing a better ending, Miller integrates art, spirituality and medicine in end-of-life care. Educated at Santa Barbara’s Cottage Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Miller is leading the way toward a focus on quality of life rather than merely managing pain.
Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event:
Q&A with BJ Miller, M.D.: How Can We Rethink Our Perspective on End of Life Care?
Thu, Jan 11 / 3 PM / Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, Parish Hall, 1535 Santa Barbara St
Registration recommended
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