Sara Thomas Monopoli was pregnant with her first child when her doctors learned that she was going to die.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go

When you have a patient like Sara Monopoli, the last thing you want to do is grapple with the truth.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go

Sara Monopoli had had enough discussions to let her family and her oncologist know that she did not want hospitals or I.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go

Just before Thanksgiving of 2007, Sara Monopoli, her husband, Rich, and her mother, Dawn Thomas, met with Dr. Marcoux to discuss the options she had left.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go