Vic Sandler
Dr. Victor M. Sandler, MD - Geriatrician and hospice and palliative medicine specialist at HealthPartners Hospice in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chair of Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physicians.
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Jul 19, 2026
Kathy WorzerHOST
Do you want to share that, Dr. Sandler? What do you tell your patients as to what might be experienced
Vic SandlerGUEST
physically? It's interesting because people, of course, die from many different causes.
Vic SandlerGUEST
There is certainly a similarity to the way people die in their final weeks and days in that people will get progressively weaker.
Vic SandlerGUEST
from the effects of the terminal disease process and maybe multiple comorbidities.
Vic SandlerGUEST
They may have a number of different conditions that are impacting on their dying process, but they progressively weaken.
Kathy WorzerHOST
How do you comport yourself at the bedside? What should you do to help the transition go smoothly?