
Sunita_Puri
@sunitapurimd
Author, That Good Night (Viking 2019), words in New Yorker, Atlantic, NYT, WSJ and more; Director, Hospital Palliative Medicine Service, UC Irvine
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http://www.sunitapuri.com 12-07-2018 22:38:14
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Iām thrilled to share my piece for the Atlantic! Doctors struggle to address the suffering and mortality of young patients, who we often over-treat with harsh therapies because we assume living as long as possible is their only priority. Mark Lewis, MD, FASCO theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦

Millennial cancer patientsā youth can become a justification to pursue physically devastating and at times ineffective treatment, Sunita_Puri writes: theatlantic.com/health/archiveā¦











"Surrender is the path to salvation. Experiencing equanimity requires welcoming change. Embracing the ubiquity of transformation can offer transcendence." āā Sunita Puri Sunita_Puri
