In this lecture and debate evening, nurse and public speaker Mette Gammelgaard takes on one of the hardest subjects of all: death. The talk explores assisted dying, what a dignified death can look like, the problem of overtreatment, and why we have become so afraid of death that we avoid speaking about it at all.
Gammelgaard asks whether a good life is always the longest possible one, and whether life must be prolonged at any cost, now that modern medicine can postpone death even for those who are dying. The evening is aimed at anyone who wants to think through the dilemmas that surround these conversations.
Her perspective draws on more than 30 years of experience caring for seriously ill and dying patients and their relatives, including 15 years as a nurse at Hospice Djursland.
