Skewed financial incentives and poor communication between clinicians and families can make dying in America a nightmare.

The Balm of Gilead project puts the comfort and care of a hospice into a hospital setting, providing dignified, loving treatment for indigent patients.

In this program, Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide.

The physician and philosopher on pain, ease of suffering, and what it means to end a life.