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Special Lecture Given by Expert Diane E. Meier Staying in Control When...

The Center For Religious Inquiry at St. Bartholomew's8217;s Church will present Staying in Control When You No Longer Can, a lecture by Dr. Diane E. Meier, an expert on palliative care on Thursday, May 25th at 7:30 pm.



St. Bartholomew's8217;s Church is located on Park Avenue at 51st Street. Admission for Staying in Control When You No Longer Can is free. For more information, call (212) 378-0222 or visit www.stbarts.org.



Dr. Meier has won many awards for her superior research and teaching skills. She is the director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, devoted to increasing the number and quality of palliative care programs in the United States. She is a professor of geriatrics and internal medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, where she has taught since 1983. Dr. Meier has published extensively in all major peer-reviewed medical journals and is also figured prominently in the Bill Moyers series On Our Own Terms: Dying the America, a four-part documentary that aired on PBS.



Dr. Meier affirms the importance of clergy participating fully in the care of patients who are at the end of their lives. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and Northwestern University Medical School.

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