In this episode of Kentucky Health, host Dr. Wayne Tuckson welcomes Dustin Dillon, M.D., senior hospice and palliative physician with Hosparus Health, about how hospice and palliative care helps patients with life-limiting conditions and what he has learned at the bedside of those facing their final days.  

The episode Kentucky Health: Hospice and Palliative Care: The Bridge Over Troubled Waters airs on Sunday, April 11, at 12:30 pm/11:30 am on KET and Monday, April 12, at 2/1 pm on KET2. 

Kentucky Health is a weekly KET program that seeks to improve the people’s health through education and increased awareness. Kentucky Health is hosted by Dr. Wayne Tuckson, a colorectal surgeon in Louisville, and produced by Laura Krueger.

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