Dr. Andrew Lasher is the director of palliative medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, where he is also the medical director of home hospice and home care for Sutter Visiting Nurses and
Hospice. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Palo Alto, Calif., followed by a fellowship in palliative medicine within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. He is co-author of The End-of-Life Handbook: A Compassionate Guide to Connecting with and Caring for a Dying Loved One, a practical and emotional guide for family members of terminally ill patients.