Medicalization of death
Subject in Medicine
Medicalization of death has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Christopher KerrAmerican hospice physician, neurobiologist, and author of Death Is But a Dream
Kerr says a third of hospice admissions die within a week because death was denied until late, which he calls medical harm.
“A third of our patients that come into hospice are dead in seven days. They just didn't start dying in seven days”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: The Deathbed Doctor: At The End Of Your Life, Only 1 Thing Will Matter! | Dr Christopher Kerr (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 57:35
Kerr argues medicine tries to defy death and often denies it even when treatment has become futile.
“I think medicine does its best to defy death. And unfortunately, it often denies it even when it's obvious and when things have become futile”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: The Deathbed Doctor: At The End Of Your Life, Only 1 Thing Will Matter! | Dr Christopher Kerr (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 29:36
Kerr notes a large gap between Americans who want to die at home and those who do, blaming the medicalization of dying.
“80% of Americans want to die at home and about 30% do”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: The Deathbed Doctor: At The End Of Your Life, Only 1 Thing Will Matter! | Dr Christopher Kerr (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 28:46
Podcasts
- The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 1 episode
Episodes
The Deathbed Doctor: At The End Of Your Life, Only 1 Thing Will Matter! | Dr Christopher KerrThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Oct 19, 2026 · 1 h 23 min
Hospice physician Christopher Kerr tells Steven Bartlett what 1,500 dying patients reveal about end-of-life dreams, what matters at death, pain, grief, and love.