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BECOMING A PHYSICIAN Volume 353:1313-1315 September 29, 2005 Number 13 Next

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"I thought I would find out what death actually is. I thought I would learn the proper words to speak. . . . I thought I would leave with answers to my questions about the end of life and how people cope with dying. . . . I hoped there would be a protocol to follow when a patient dies that would protect me from the suffering and grief. My experiences throughout this course have proven to me that to have answers to these questions would make me nonhuman."

— Mauro Zappaterra, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2007

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Dr. Block is the chief of the Division of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Dr. Billings is the director of the Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital — all in Boston. They are the codirectors of the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Boston.

An interview with Dr. Block can be heard at www.nejm.org.

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