A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis; A Doctor with a Cause
New York Times article. Originally published on November 28, 2000.
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Prognosis: Death. Why Won’t Doctor’s Level with Terminally Ill Patients?
It's a rainy Sunday afternoon, and Nicholas A. Christakis has just received sad news. Frances Holbrook*--"a wonderful old lady," he says--died that morning before he could get to her. Not that he could have saved her, or would have tried: Christakis is a doctor, but his patients rarely survive. His practice is in hospice care. Originally published on February 24, 2000.
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The Truth Can Comfort the Dying, a Physician Argues
He says too many doctors only diagnose and heal, shunning prognostication, medicine's third leg. Nicholas A. Christakis is a handsome, healthy, middle-aged man with a scar about an inch and a half long on the right side of his neck, left over from a minor operation, and when he talks about dying he tends to run his finger along the faint red line. Originally published on January 28, 2000.
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