Come to a small group discussion with author Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter at the Diastole Scholar’s Center. We will discuss her book “Extreme Measures.” Books will be available for sale at the event and the film event the night before. Limited to 40 seats.

This event is supported by the Kansas City Society of Palliative Medicine.

The Ars Moriendi, an illustrated text for preparing body, mind and soul for death, was the second book Gutenberg printed using moveable type. How then did Western culture become incapable of speaking honestly and directly about dying? Dawn Gross and Jessica Zitter share their experiences as palliative care physicians and their inspiration for creating Death Ed, a course for teens.