Doctors are pushing Hollywood for more realistic depictions of death and dying on TV

Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider (right) interviews comedian Tig Notaro about drawing humor from her breast cancer diagnosis. Ungerleider is the founder of End Well, a nonprofit focused on shifting the American conversation around death. Their discussion took place in November at End Well

Clinicians who work with people at the end of life say the most common television depictions of death aren’t representative of what happens in the real world. They want to flip the script.

(Image credit: Britney Landreth for End Well)

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