That's where acclaimed actor and playwright Anna Deveare Smith comes in. She's performing her docudrama Let Me Down Easy at an event the center's putting on Jan. 17. Deveare-Smith performs character monologues based on real-life interviews she's conducted, including with late Texas Governor Ann Richards.
We talk with, Dr. Amy McGuire director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, about how the center hopes to use the performance to jump-start conversation about preparing for and accepting physical decline.