Reading Time: 3 minutes People who have end of life conversations with their doctors and family members are much more likely to be satisfied with their care
Author: Michelle Howard
Michelle Howard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
She has an MSc in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto and a PhD in Health Research Methodology from McMaster.
Her research is on helping with communication and decision-making between patients, families and the health care system to plan for serious illness or end of life, and on understanding how primary care and communities can be organized to ensure quality end-of-life care. She is an adjunct scientist with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (IC/ES-McMaster) conducting health system research with health administrative data, and an associate member of McMaster Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact.