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"What Y’all Gon’ Do With Me?" Bridging Culture, Faith, and Advance Care Planning
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Dr. Gloria Thomas Anderson joins us to discuss advance care planning, addressing healthcare bias, and empowering diverse communities: https://bit.ly/4cfiCqN
"What Y’all Gon’ Do With Me?" It’s a bold question, but one that opens the door to essential conversations about our final wishes.
In this episode of Everyone Dies, Marianne and Charlie welcome interdisciplinary scholar and licensed master social worker Dr. Gloria Thomas Anderson. Dr. Gloria shares insights from her pioneering work and book, The African-American Spiritual and Ethical Guide to End-of-Life Care, addressing the systemic biases, historical distrust, and cultural dynamics that impact how African American families approach advance care planning.
Whether you are navigating these decisions for yourself or supporting a loved one, this episode offers compassionate, practical guidance on honoring personal choices across all backgrounds.
In this episode, we cover:
- 01:24 – Poem: "Gloria Mundi" by Michael Kleber-Diggs
- 03:48 – Interview with Dr. Gloria Thomas Anderson, PhD, LMSW
- 05:48 – Biases preventing African Americans from making advance care plans
- 10:34 – Addressing historical and systemic distrust in healthcare
- 14:56 – Inspiration behind the "Let's Talk About Advance Care Planning" programs
- 21:38 – Heart Tones & Heart Talks: Life, love, loss and fighting misinformation
- 24:44 – Meeting people where they are in advance planning conversations
- 30:45 – Outro with words from "Doc Martin"
Learn more about Dr. Gloria's work at gloriathomasanderson.com, and find show notes and recipes at every1dies.org.
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