Physician, Educator, Patient, Person
BJ MILLER, MD
BJ is a hospice and palliative care specialist, public speaker, and connector.
His interests are in working across disciplines to effect broad-based culture change and in cultivating a civic model for aging and dying. By facilitating open conversations about loss and perspective, he hopes to inspire people to effectively participate in their own care.
BJ aims to improve the quality of life for all and compel the healthcare system to adapt to the changing needs of the people it's trying to serve.
LOVE
I’ve seen sickness rescue marriages, divorced couples brought back together
- Daily Mail UK
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“I love everybody I’ve ever met”
- NY Times
THE SENSES
Dying is not just a medical event
- Big Think
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The senses are the way we understand ourselves to be alive.
- JCCSF
LOSS
Grief isn't a pathology. It's an altered state of mind.
- Big Think
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Grief doesn’t just affect family members who lose someone.
- Daily Mail UK
DISABILITY
...the biggest thing I became aware of is how the built environment is not really made for you
- Patient Orator
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There’s some joy in feeling like the other.
- Dumbo Feather
SUFFERING
