# What really matters at the end of life

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2015
- Speaker: BJ Miller
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it's simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. Take the time to savor this moving talk, which asks big questions about how we think on death and honor life.

## Lectures

1. [What really matters at the end of life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life/f86b8afb5eb0), 19 min (TED's player)