This episode is about what happens in the last days/hours/minutes of your life.

It's a wide ranging discussion with individuals who've walked with many people to the thresholds of life into Death. Their wisdom makes for a fascinating conversation.

Guests joining host Cathy Wurzer are Dr. Vic Sandler with the HealthPartners Hospice program in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. Dr. Sandler is the chair of the Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physicians.

Catherine Duncan is a former hospice chaplain, integrative spiritual consultant, best selling author of "Everyday Awakening", which is also a podcast.

End of Life Doula Jane Whitlock has her own practice. She is the co-founder of the Minnesota Death Collaborative, and end of life resource for all people facing death.

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People who take care of the dying say there seems to be several things those at the end-of-life really want.

They want to repair damaged relationships, say thank you to people who meant the most to them and say the words, one last time, "I love you."

Our guest, noted palliative care physician, Dr. Ira Byock also says asking for forgiveness and forgiving others is key to dying with a sense of well-being.

As part of a wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Byock tells our host, Cathy Wurzer, something that he has never regretting doing before his own mother died.

It's a great conversation with the author of the best-selling books "Dying Well" and "The Four Things that Matter Most."

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Nationally known palliative care doctor, Jessica Zitter, says medical school students are taught how to keep patients alive, but no one teaches them how to let a patient die.

Dr. Zitter's best selling book "Extreme Measures", was part biography and part expose into how our culture deals with death and dying. She argues that our current medical culture puts patients on what she calls the "End of Life Conveyor Belt."

Grave Concerns host Cathy Wurzer sat down with Jessica Zitter to talk about Zitter's quest to change how we die in the United States and the intersection of medicine and movie making. Dr. Zitter is one of a handful of working physicians who also produce films.

Dr. Zitter's non-profit organization is Reel Medicine Media.

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