What Does it Mean to Almost Die? with Special Guest Emergency Medicine Physician Satheesh Gunaga, DO

How many times have you or someone you know used the phrase "I almost died"? What does this truly mean? What exactly is a terminal diagnosis? Why is it that some emergency room scenarios end in death when others don't? Who is responsible for making your end of life decisions? When does healing end and comfort care begin? How do those that bear the burden of delivering the news of death manage emotionally? 

In this episode of the Death and Grief Talk Podcast,  I speak with Satheesh Gunaga, DO to answer these very difficult but pressing questions. Satheesh is an Emergency Medicine Physician in Metropolitan Detroit. His primary roles are as the Medical Director of the ED at Henry Ford Health Center Brownstown which is a Free Standing ED. He is also the Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine and the ED Research Director at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital. He is a board member of Compassion & Choices, husband and father of 3 young boys.

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