Expert Discusses One of Health Care's Most Taboo Topics - Death

A national palliative care and hospice expert says Americans need to embrace death...not fear it.

Dr. Ira Byock is the director of Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.  He's also the author of Dying Well and The Best Care Possible.

Dr. Byock visited Rochester Wednesday leading a discussion at Strong Memorial Hospital about Americans' reluctance to talk about death and dying.  He this fear is not only impeding quality of life but effective end of life care. Here, Byock talks with WXXI's LeShea Agnew...