Zócalo Essay Selected for The Best American Essays 2012

APRIL 2, 2012. The essay “How Doctors Die,” by Dr. Ken Murray, first published in Zócalo Public Square, has been selected for the collection The Best American Essays 2012. The article, which describes how doctors forego much of the end-of-life treatment they offer to others, ran as part of Zócalo’s “Remedies” series, made possible by the California HealthCare Foundation.

Dr. Murray, a family doctor who lives in Southern California, is a regular contributor to Zócalo. He wrote the article prompted by years of seeing patients and acquaintances die in ways they …

April 2, 2012

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