Discussing End-of-Life Care With a Patient

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Dr. Breitbart discusses how to have an effective end-of-life conversation with a patient.

William S. Breitbart, MD, acting chair at the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and chief of psychiatry service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses how to have an effective end-of-life conversation with a patient.

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