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What really matters at the end of life | BJ Miller | TED
"Let death be what takes us, not lack of imagination." What would make your last days beautiful? 🌨️
Who it's for
Miller speaks as both a palliative-care doctor and a man who nearly died and lost limbs in college, so his reflections on suffering carry lived authority.
Anxious→Forgiving / At Peace
Feelings it meets
What it is
In this TED2015 talk, hospice and palliative-care physician BJ Miller reflects on what matters to people at the end of life. He draws on his own experience of nearly dying as a Princeton student, when an 11,000-volt electrical shock cost him three limbs, and on his work with the Zen Hospice Project.
Where to find it
YouTube, official TED channel (free). Also on TED.com, which offers an interactive transcript.
Before you start
Heads up: Death, dying, burns and amputations.
Age: Ages 14+
We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1
