A Life Worth Living:
A Doctor’s Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era

Presented in Partnership with Group Health Cooperative and Seattle Public Library

Downtown Seattle Public Library - Microsoft Auditorium | 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle [view map]
Registration:  5:30 p.m. | Program: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
 

Library events are free and everyone is welcome. Because seating is limited, preregistration is recommended.

Featuring:  

Robert Martensen, MD, PhD; Director, Office of NIH History and Author, A Life Worth Living: A Doctor’s Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era

Moderated by: Andrew Schorr, Host and Founder, PatientPower.info

How can you be sure you are making the right choices for yourself and your loved ones in the final years of life? Join us for a conversation with Dr. Robert Martensen - emergency physician, historian, medical ethicist, author, professor and lecturer. How should one approach cutting-edge technology if a disease is serious and advanced? If there are aggressive treatments available, will they simply add time or improve the quality of remaining life? Does the medical community prepare doctors to shift from life saving measures to quality of remaining life care? How can patients and families navigate a complex system, speak up and be sure their wishes are heard?  Do female patients face a different set of challenges than their male counterparts? Bring your own questions and be part of this important conversation.

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Co-presenting organization: Elliott Bay Book Company, Leadership Tomorrow, Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle Arts & Lectures, Senior Services, Washington Global Health Alliance and Washington Health Foundation.