Episode 7: What Matters Most to You? A Conversation with Dr. Sunita Puri about the Coronavirus and Death

6 Months or Less

While many of us may normally keep our thoughts about death at a distance, the Coronavirus pandemic is forcing those thoughts closer. In this episode, I interview Dr. Sunita Puri, the medical director of palliative medicine at Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center at the University of Southern California. She is also the author of a critically acclaimed literary memoir called That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour. Dr. Puri will help us with the language to initiate conversations about end-of-life care with the people we love. You will also hear parts of a conversation I had with my mom about her end-of-life wishes if she were to get seriously sick from the Coronavirus.

Music: “Meeting Emma” and “Sun” by Borrtex

Thanks so much to my mom for teaching me to always ask the big questions in life and for letting me share our conversation. And thanks to Dr. Puri for her wisdom and compassion.

Here is Dr. Puri’s New York Times article that I mention in the episode: It's Time to Talk About Death