BJ Miller is a palliative care physician, an instructor at UCSF's School of Medicine, and the coauthor of A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. He also founded Mettle Health, an online team of end-of-life specialists who are innovating palliative care.

The quote at the end of the show is read by Paul Bowles in the film The Sheltering Sky (based on Bowles' book with the same name). This episode is dedicated to Sarah.

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