- Samuel Klagsbrun: Winds Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Katonah, NY, USA. sklagsbrun@fourwindshospital.com
A call from the "cancer floor" sets a second-year psychiatric resident on a 42-year journey in treating patients with terminal illness. Far from being an unremittingly sad experience, working with patients who are approaching death helped refine a sense of focus on the importance of the day-to-day experience.