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Community Lecture
& Book-Signing

Speaker:    Pauline Chen, M.D.
Author, Final Exam: A Surgeon′s Reflections on Mortality

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Date and location

October 24, 2008
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Courtyard Marriott Auditorium
4422 Y Street, Sacramento

(Next to UC Davis Medical Center, off Stockton Blvd. Complimentary on-site hotel parking.)

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Dr. Pauline Chen photo
Dr. Pauline Chen

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About the author:
Pauline Chen is passionate about improving care for patients near the end of life.

A transplant surgeon who also specializes in the treatment of cancer, Dr. Chen recently began writing a weekly online column, "Doctor and Patient," in the NY Times Health section. She is past recipient of the George Longstreth Humanness Award from Yale University for most exemplifying empathy, kindness and care in an age of advancing technology. She also was named 1999 UCLA Outstanding Physician of the Year.

Dr. Chen will discuss the practice and art of caring for seriously ill patients.

Program

6:30 p.m. - Welcome/Introductions

6:45 p.m. - The Art of Being There at the End of Life
                 by Pauline Chen, M.D.

7:30 p.m. - Book-Signing

Light refreshments will be served.

Copies of Final Exam will be available for purchase.
Cash, checks and credit cards accepted.


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Dr. Chen′s lecture will launch California′s Health Care Decisions Week (Oct 26 - Nov 1, 2008), a time for people to think about the kind of care they would want if they become seriously ill or incapacitated, talk with their loved ones and doctors, and write down their wishes in an advance directive document. For a calendar of activities, click here.
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