Read article - An opinion piece by Kathy Kirkland, Geisel '86, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, regarding her experiences working in palliative care. "It's funny how the world of palliative care, which each day brings us face-to-face with illness, with mortality, with heartbreak, is not a place of overwhelming sadness," says Kirkland. "Each day, instead, we find (or perhaps we cocreate) meaning, and even joy in our work."
