Death By Design

Death By Design

By Kimberly Paul
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Death By Design episodes

  • Don Schumacher, CEO

    Today we talk with Don Schumacher.  He’s been a leader in the Hospice and Palliative Care industry for over 30 years.  Today, we share his journey and we say goodbye to the President of National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization.



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    20 min
  • Barbara Karnes, RN
    Today, we talk with Barbara Karnes.  She’s a hospice nurse, end of life educator and the 2015 International Humanitarian Woman of the year.

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    19 min
  • Garth Callaghan
    I’m Kimberly C. Paul.  Today, we talk with Garth Callaghan. Today, we learn about how Garth, living with several cancer diagnoses, became the Napkin Note Dad. 

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    24 min
  • Ira Byock, MD

    Dr. Ira Byock is a leading palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care through the end of life.  He has been involved in hospice and palliative care since 1978 and in his early years helped found a hospice home care program for the indigent population served by the university hospital and county clinics of Fresno, Calif. 


    In 2014, Dr. Byock accepted an offer from Providence Health & Services to develop and serve as chief medical officer of the Providence Institute for Human Caring. The institute’s goal is to advance quality in care through the end of life via training and research. The institute also aims to engage the public by raising expectations and giving consumers the information and tools they need to get better care for themselves.


    Dr. Byock authored Dying Well in 1997 and The Four Things That Matter Most in 2004. Both are used extensively in the counseling of patients and families dealing with advanced illness. His most recent book, is The Best Care Possible, addresses how “more” is not always better in end-of-life care.


    Dr. Byock and I have similar beliefs when it comes to end of life care, even though we may differ on some of the details.  I do believe our end goal is the same:  to discover how to die well in the American healthcare system in which we all live.  But what does this all mean?  Good death or dying well?  This is what we all want to discover.


    Dr. Byock is a practicing physician and is currently based in Torrance, Calif.


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    17 min

About Death By Design

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Kimberly C. Paul wants to radically change the way people face end of life, and she’s using her extensive experience as a storyteller to do just that. From the set of Saturday Night Live in New York…