Distinguished Medical Ethicist, Dr. Eric Cassell, Passes Away at 93
CAPC is saddened by the passing Dr. Eric Cassell, a distinguished medical ethicist who devoted his career to helping physicians understand how people experience illness and pain.
A professor and prolific author of hundreds of articles and multiple books, he urged fellow doctors to shift priorities beyond curing their patients’ diseases to caring for their overall well-being.
“Eric was, in my mind, the intellectual father of palliative care,” said Dr. Susan Block, a professor of psychiatry and medicine at Harvard Medical School.