By Annie Minoff and Elah Feder Source: WYNC Studios Listen To The Audio Here As a critical care doctor, Jessica Zitter has seen plenty of “Hail Mary” attempts to save dying patients go bad—attempts where doctors try interventions that don’t change the outcome, but do lead to more patient suffering. It’s left her distrustful of flashy medical [...]
Location: Tulsa, OK | Date: October 16, 2018 | Event Website Tickets Hospice of Green Country and Clarehouse are proud to host An Evening with Dr. Jessica Zitter for a free, community education event at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa including a viewing of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Extremis followed by [...]
Location: Tulsa, OK | Date: October 16, 2018 | Event Website Tickets The Oklahoma Hospice and Palliative Care Association (OHPCA) exists to advocate for quality hospice care throughout the State of Oklahoma. As part of our OHPCA Annual Conference, our lunch hour keynote presentation on October 16, 2018 will include a screening of [...]
Location: Napa, CA | Date: May 30, 2018 | Event Website If a picture is worth a thousand words, a movie is worth a thousand pictures. We are invited to take a front row seat and join Dr. Zitter and her team in Extremis, an Academy Award-nominated short verite documentary by filmmaker Dan Krauss. [...]
Location: New Brunswick, NJ | Date: May 23, 2018 | Event Website Tickets Please note that the Hope & Resilience Conference has been rescheduled from its original date of March 7-8, 2018, due to a severe snow storm in New Jersey area. Join Barnabas Health Hospice and Rutgers School of Nursing this May for a [...]
Location: San Jose | Date: May 8, 2018 | Event Website Tickets The Jewish Community Center of Los Gatos is proud to welcome Dr. Jessica Zitter on Tuesday, May 8 at 7:00 PM. Join us to hear Dr. Zitter's Jewish Book Talk, in which she explores her journey as a Jewish physician and [...]
Location: New York, NY | Date: March 25, 2018 | Event Website Tickets What Matters aims to engage New Yorkers in compassionate, value-driven conversations about advance care planning so that they may live with the comfort of knowing their choices will be honored by loved ones and healthcare professionals. Join us for a conversation [...]
Location: Boston | Date: March 15, 2018 | Event Website Tickets We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Zitter's book, Extreme Measures, has been chosen as the book club selection at this year's Annual Assembly! Participate in the discussion of Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life with author [...]
Location: Lafayette, CA | Date: February 03, 2018 | Lafayette Christian Church is proud to present a screening of the 2017 Academy Award nominated short documentary film, Extremis with a discussion and Q&A following the screening featuring Dr. Jessica Zitter! Doors open at 6:30 PM at Lafayette Christian Church, 584 Glenside Drive Lafayette, CA. We will be [...]
Name of the author of original piece here Original source here “A good physician takes care of the disease, a great one takes care of the patient.” n this episode we discuss how to make the path to the end of life less sufferable. It really boils down to having congruent and available information that [...]
