FRONTLINE CHAT: "How Would You Spend Your Final Days?"

Kaiser Health News staff writer Jenny Gold co-hosted a live chat,“How Would You Spend Your Final Days?” with Frontline documentary maker Tom Jennings. They discussed Being Mortal, the film based on the book by Atul Gawande. You can watch the documentary online and check out other KHN stories about end-of-life issues.

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<h1>FRONTLINE CHAT: “How Would You Spend Your Final Days?”</h1>
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			February 12, 2015		</time>
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<p></p><p>Kaiser Health News staff writer Jenny Gold co-hosted a live chat,<a href="http://connect.kff.org/e1t/c/*W33_d9z6QLbL7W7Vpkb55SPrxY0/*W8cYmr45RH2mmW4yMDYM3JPKyM0/5/f18dQhb0S2C67rmPDvW12gLN81vYFVCW1fDjdh8bZWKZW1VNnNQ3cJvWKW7QVHnC77llJJVlHHVD82Ps_fW6Nr_Yw20VlLdW8GFM9k2KJ01QW20BBX13qQ6bKW3qXSlH6QsmtRW89XzYX2ghjkzW4rB7nC3qLmZzW81kh6B9bGn8VW93qzV46kNZyGW36hRMv5xKmdrW36bj8T2qH754N38f5_zQ5q_PN1QbN5pMxPrDW72Vc-K7n2fPKW5z-xyb1CXbszW5jg5pC3GF2tHV9dtGF5QQbfbV_RSYy4M7xPlW4RJrXn1vGhJwW2F3-x-4VFRxMW4ky7nl3T5zx8W6ms3cr1PvWxBW6VQK-q1H9F-HW2GmYDx6BMSJMVdrXWn4fZLWTW6k0XVl5tM6PYW2cV2Kl1L1_JfW1DpRLS24Pm3ZW7FNQCx6NNM0BW8_p9mV4tJGRVW7vZnl070kJ2JW4_fKXS5mnDXgW16X3JN8CGbx7W2Q02Xh6DbrQyW3_x1Q_5tb5l_W3m0wDb87m-kzW3Jg4Mx4CgGslW2ypJJB43TDZZW3dK-_S839h4rW1Ll81J965G2bW6G3hFG4cmMtzW96rJDV6h2lV7W4lq5fb3jMjkqW3vGd_b8Bz5bQN6pxy7k-VPNDW43_QS6918sWVN7g9j6mhhyNxW9hbnVN4-g0V7102">“How Would You Spend Your Final Days?”</a> with Frontline documentary maker Tom Jennings. They discussed <a href="http://connect.kff.org/e1t/c/*W33_d9z6QLbL7W7Vpkb55SPrxY0/*V12t5q24SJFzVPZm_W7c0QmS0/5/f18dQhb0Sjvc8XJ8QKW8d8gSm2qwv27W1TGc_X3Fd7xNVf594257mvC2W1BQYgz8Tm-B0W60lJMM5YybWYW8YJBR14P0_-8W3Dk7gP9dH8-4W7tZSp361d98sW4gBKJg5YNC3FW4CB5ys83_PyqW834DLz8XWrlrVz4yZf2CYsD6W5ZnCrG7VmprRW7vsrBV2zpWvgW9dSlS635rgClW94-4T07sLbG-VFCG-j5rC5Q6W3l6ccQ3HyyhmW4r1QvY7KQclWW55T8N87w3wPSW1NC3Kc1F6KSLW5dyl3R91q-rzW57RKr96kq9MDW1QhG-n2NVFnlVnhXlB8NWQtnW7s6DFZ2Mn6thW7R8FxH8W3ckfMyvm2lBw4x7W6JYKM61tfNWKW4jLT-v1CbfdcN2KVx_csgjKrW7tqf0D1wtp7-W1PMZ6n7ZjRCNMpPC1_cWbVfW4Wpz-03DJypPW7v1ljn49-TfgN1X7mGM215_BW1J7MXL6yClQTN4ywxrHlSbdmW3PRF7Y45YKY1W6_YGbh8K9TvcW3pFKVB2fPpSF111">Being Mortal</a>, the film based on the book by Atul Gawande. You can <a href="http://connect.kff.org/e1t/c/*W33_d9z6QLbL7W7Vpkb55SPrxY0/*W4M_tz41QqQ6YW1QJjqk5q3xW30/5/f18dQhb0Sjvc8XJ8QKW8d8gSm2qwv27W1TGc_X3Fd7xNVf594257mvC2W1BQYgz8Tm-B0W60lJMM5YybWYW8YJBR14P0_-8W3Dk7gP9dH8-4W7tZSp361d98sW4gBKJg5YNC3FW4CB5ys83_PyqW834DLz8XWrlrVz4yZf2CYsD6W5ZnCrG7VmprRW7vsrBV2zpWvgW9dSlS635rgClW94-4T07sLbG-VFCG-j5rC5Q6W3l6ccQ3HyyhmW4r1QvY7KQ6t3W7cvxVf8q5qBxVVQf4X5vDhXCN275Pq5_XZVMW62MwzH5CryHWW5Hm5qq66HVlWVQsk9d5xKSfJW3kvwbW3kmbGHW4sWTvL38DZZYW4pssDm945rGJW35VnB_1q0JzWW67h1px4S85GZW3GTrzQ6T5XbFW3jMK8j3HtTkhW2ws5478GclM4VPN4vS3Cdk0dW3wv7Sm1TrqbVW7m9PbB1GKrKTN2MDy_hCjYjPW8rY3PW21lZs6W7dmt2r5LhcdHN4Cy21kw3FKsW9jLkNB8fxVHmN80wKybLmYMB111">watch the documentary</a> online and check out <a href="http://kffhealthnews.org/toward-a-better-end-palliative-care-hospice-and-end-of-life/"><b>other KHN stories</b></a> about end-of-life issues. </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/live-chat-how-would-you-spend-your-final-days/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/live-chat-how-would-you-spend-your-final-days/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/live-chat-how-would-you-spend-your-final-days/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20FRONTLINE%20CHAT%3A%20%22How%20Would%20You%20Spend%20Your%20Final%20Days%3F%22&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Flive-chat-how-would-you-spend-your-final-days%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/live-chat-how-would-you-spend-your-final-days/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/live-chat-how-would-you-spend-your-final-days/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/live-chat-how-would-you-spend-your-final-days/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=521485&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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