Click to listen article by Ariella Markowitz Dr. Jessica Zitter specializes in critical and palliative care medicine and practices at Highland Hospital in Oakland, where she helps people with serious illness talk about how they want to live, all the way to the end. Zitter says those are conversations we all should be having with our loved ones [...]
Dr. Zitter talks on NPR's Life Kit podcast about the importance of Advance Care Planning. Click to listen
Dr. Jessica Zitter, a critical and palliative care specialist takes listener questions about advanced directives that doctors follow in critical situations. Click to listen
Click to listen When Dr. Steve Pantilat asks his patients what they want most at the end of life, the answer is almost always the same: To be comfortable and surrounded by people they love. “I've been in rooms where there are 35 family members, people are playing music and holding a vigil, saying prayers and singing,” said Pantilat, [...]
Click to listen When Grace Taylor was in her first year of medical school, she took an ethics class with this hypothetical: You have two ventilators and three patients who need them. Who gets one? “I remember thinking that was a classroom situation that would never come up in the real world,” says Taylor, who is now a third-year [...]
Source: MPR Listen Here "MPR News’ Cathy Wurzer hosted a discussion in April with an internationally known Buddhist teacher and pioneer in the field of end-of-life care, and Dr. Jessica Zitter, an intensive care physician who specializes in palliative care." (...) Listen To The Audio Here
Source: WHYY: The Pulse - Opting Out Jessica Zitter and producer Noam Osband discuss the power of “opting out," and explore why sometimes getting off the end-of-life conveyor belt opens up a whole world of opportunity. The segment begins at 25:48. Listen Here
Source: Fei's World Listen Here "This conversation goes beyond palliative care as we dove into the pressure and resistance of choosing a path that isn’t quite typical for a doctor. Here’s what I mean by a different path - Jessica’s now a public figure, influencer AND a working doctor. We warmed up to this question: “How have you [...]
Source: The House of Pod: A Medical Podcast Listen Here Dr. Jessica Zitter joins the The House of Pod team to discuss end of life care. (...) Listen To The Audio Here
Source: KALW News Listen Here Dr. Jessica Zitter reorients our care of the dying to a more collaborative process whereby the patient, rather than the disease or even the indiscriminate use of technology, is the primary focus of care. (...) Listen To The Audio Here
