John’s Study Group – Death After a Long Life

Tuesday Night Adult Ed Discussion
John will lead a discussion about the end of life and the book At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life. 7:00pm in room 7 on Tuesday, May 15th and 22nd. Dr. Samuel Harrington, MD, the author, will join us via Skype. In this important book, which James Fallows of The Atlantic calls “deeply humane,” he argues the case for taking a clear-eyed yet compassionate view towards the end of life. Most people say they would like to die quietly at home. But overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility, results in the majority of elderly patients misguidedly dying in institutions while undergoing painful procedures, instead of having a better and more peaceful death they desired.
Dr. Harrington is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Professionally, he concentrated his practice at Sibley Memorial Hospital also served on the board of a nonprofit hospice in Washington, D.C.