Health & Vitality

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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Presented by Hospice Giving Foundation JOIN US for a free screening and discussion of the PBS FRONTLINE film Being Mortal. Based on the best-selling book by Atul Gawande, MD, this documentary explores the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness and their relationships with the physicians who treat them. Be part of a national conversation that brings medical professionals and community members together around the shared responsibility of discussing what matters most to patients and families facing difficult treatment decisions and how to have these conversations ahead of a medical crisis. There will be a one-hour screening followed by a half-hour facilitated discussion. Tuesday, August 28, 2:00-3:30 pm The Park Lane Vista Lounge 200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey Health & Vitality Speaker Series OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THE THE LANE LANE P ARK ARK RCFE #275294322 Community Education for Aging Adults, Family Caregivers and the Professionals who serve them CA LICENSE # 274700016 Dr. Atul Gawande

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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Presented by

Hospice Giving Foundation

JOIN US for a free screening and discussion of the PBSFRONTLINE film Being Mortal. Based on the best-selling book byAtul Gawande, MD, this documentary explores the hopes ofpatients and families facing terminal illness and their relationshipswith the physicians who treat them.

Be part of a national conversation that brings medical professionalsand community members together around the shared responsibilityof discussing what matters most to patients and families facingdifficult treatment decisions and how to have these conversationsahead of a medical crisis. There will be a one-hour screeningfollowed by a half-hour facilitated discussion.

Tuesday, August 28, 2:00-3:30 pmThe Park Lane Vista Lounge

200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey

Health & Vitality Speaker Series OPENTO THEPUBLIC

THETHE

LANELANEPARKARK

RCFE #275294322

Community Education for Aging Adults, Family Caregivers and the Professionals who serve them

CA LICENSE # 274700016

Dr. Atul Gawande