Nathan Gray

Op-Comic: My patients wrestle with end-of-life care, even if there’s a living will

Illustration of a woman sitting on the edge of a living will

By Nathan Gray

April 25, 2022 3:10 AM PT

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Gray is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an artist who draws comics on medical topics. @NathanAGray

Illustration of an eye with tears falling and another illustration of a sick woman wearing a mask

Illustration of a family member comforting a patient with a mask with a living will in the background

Slightly abstract illustration of a group of people looking up and papers with writing on them falling

Illustration of a mother flanked by two children

Illustration of a doctor in a car with a patient driving on a road from home to hospital and beyond

Illustration of a woman looking at headstones that are cellphones

Illustration of a book cover, a cup that says "death cafe" on it and a house

Illustration of Gautama Buddha

Ilustration shows a patient being loaded into a van; the van going down a road; and a house

Illustration of a person's hand holding a skull

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