Voices
Columba Thomas, O.P., M.D., is assistant professor of medicine at Georgetown University, chaplain at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, and hospice physician in Connecticut. He is editor of The Art of Dying: A new, annotated translation (National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2021).
Politics & SocietyShort Take
When people face incurable illness, fear of the unknown is a major force that can drive their thinking. The task of physicians is to help calm people and correct their misunderstandings.