2023-4 Compassion and Choices: Rebecca Thoman

Today we are sharing an episode featuring Rebecca Thoman, MD. Dr. Thoman is a family medicine physician and the campaign manager for Doctors for Dignity. In this episode, Dr. Thoman describes her path to her current career in advocacy, as well as shares more about the mission of Compassion and Choices & Doctors for Dignity. She also speaks more generally to end of life care, the importance of having conversations about death in the medical field, and shares resources for those who are interested in learning more about this topic. The Voices of Aging podcast is made possible by our Podcast Chair, Rui Zhong, Podcast Host, Madeleine Howard, Audio Editing Manager, Ibrahim Abdelgawad, Marketing and Communications Chair, Jamie Stoppler, and Podcast Administrator/Outreach Manager, Kelly Moeller. For more information on the Aging Studies Interdisciplinary Group and the University of Minnesota Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, visit: https://bit.ly/UMNASIG