Embracing palliative care.
T Carl Moore Lectureship in Family Medicine honours Dr Carl Moore, a former Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. It was a privilege to host Dr David Kuhl as guest speaker for the fi fth annual Carl Moore Lectureship. He spoke about “Facing Death; Embracing Life.” He received his medical degree from McMaster in 1985 and is now a palliative care physician based in British Columbia. Dr Kuhl has helped develop palliative care programs for St Paul Hospital and for Providence Health Care. In 1996, Dr Kuhl became a Soros Faculty Scholar on the Project on Death and Dying in America. His qualitative study explored the spiritual and psychosocial issues patients have at the end of life and produced a book, What Dying People Want; Practical Wisdom for the End of Life.1,2 Dr Kuhl has worked to improve understanding of the challenges people face as death draws near.