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AUTHOR AND TRANSPLANT SURGEON TO DISCUSS MORTALITY ON APRIL 29
April 24, 2008
EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 24 -- University of Southern Indiana issued the following news release:

Dr. Pauline Chen will offer a free public program Tuesday, April 29, at USI. Chen is a transplant surgeon and author. Her particular concern is end-of-life, or palliative, care.

In her book Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality (Knopf, 2007), Chen investigates why we are so bad at taking care of the dying. The answers she found are a powerful mix of factor . . .

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