Gustavo Ferrer: Making Peace with Death

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Gustavo Ferrer, MD, is a pulmonologist who specializes in end-of-life care and has been named one of the best doctors in the nation—including Most Compassionate Doctor—by US News & World Report. With Sounds True, he has published Graceful Exit: How to Advocate Effectively, Take Care of Yourself, and Be Present for the Death of a Loved One. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon talks with Dr. Ferrer about our society's anxiety around death and how he tries to alleviate it for both patients and their families. Dr. Ferrer advocates strongly for a conscious approach to dying, especially when it comes to getting one's affairs in order so that death does not become even more of a burden for loved ones. Tami and Dr. Ferrer also discuss the need for open, honest conversations about dying and why this can actually help alleviate our fears around the process. Finally, Dr. Ferrer recounts the time he spent with the Warao people of South America as a young medical student, describing how their acceptance of death and grieving as a people greatly influenced his current approach to end-of-life care. (60 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Dr Gustavo Ferrer.
0:44.8	Dr Ferrer is an experienced pulmonologist, founder of the Cleveland Clinic Florida
0:52.0	Coff Clinic,
0:53.7	and President of Intensive Care Experts.
0:57.0	He's received several prestigious awards,
1:00.4	including being named one of the best doctors in the US by US News and World Report,
1:06.0	and also being named the Most Compassionate Doctor and the Patient's Choice Award Doctor.
1:13.0	Which sounds true, Doctor for Rare,
1:16.0	has written a new book called Graceful Exit,
1:20.0	how to advocate effectively,
1:22.0	take care of yourself, and be present for the death of a loved
1:26.0	one, where he offers a much needed guide through the medical, legal, financial, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of dying and death.
1:37.6	In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Dr Ferrer and I spoke about death anxiety and how it feels when he walks into a room with a dying
1:47.6	patient and the family is not at peace with the situation and as a caring end-of-life physician how he deals with that
1:56.5	situation. We also talked about what people need to know in order to be organized and prepared to die and not be a burden on your loved
2:07.4	ones.
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