Language as Medicine: Finding the Right Words for the Right Conversations

illuminate Speaker Series brought to you by Hospice of Santa Barbara presents: Dr. Sunita Puri on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm PDT.

This is FREE and open to the community, but registration is required for each event. Click here to register

We may know intellectually that mortality is inevitable, but how do we access the language and state of mind necessary to consider the type of care we – and our loved ones – want when we fall ill? The COVID pandemic has presented us with an opportunity to begin this crucial conversation, which offers an opportunity for true intimacy with the people we love. Dr. Sunita Puri, author of the acclaimed literary memoir, That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour, will share her wisdom on this subject based on her work as Medical Director of Palliative Medicine at USC, and her frontline experience having these discussions with patients and families during the COVID pandemic. Timely conversations, conducted with compassion and precision, have the potential to avoid at least some of the suffering she has witnessed over the last year.

The event is FREE but registration is required. To find out more, and register for the event, please visit: http://www.hospiceofsb.org/hsbseries

Date: Wednesday, April 21st 2021
Time: 6:00 PDT
Price: FREE
Register Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6816167937854/WN_Q3HxNCCnQfGI2yrFQQDe-Q

Since 1974, HSB, a local nonprofit located in Santa Barbara, CA, has been providing compassionate care and support free of charge “to care for anyone experiencing the impact of a life-threatening illness or grieving the death of a loved one” in our community.

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