Natalie King, MD, is a palliative medicine physician who cares for patients with serious illness and those nearing the end of life. King writes and speaks nationally, educating about and advocating for the expansion of palliative medicine as the surest way to safeguard human dignity in serious illness and end-of-life care. She is the author of Intensive Caring: A Practical Handbook for Catholics about Serious Illness and End-of-Life Care.
After finishing her medical training, King worked as a palliative medicine physician for several years at a hospital in Colorado, where she led the hospital’s ethics committee and helped teach trainees. She partnered with the USCCB to improve education for Catholic laity on palliative care and organized a forum for the Catholic Medical Association on end-of-life issues.
King holds a bachelor of arts in anthropology and preprofessional studies from the University of Notre Dame, a master of arts in bioethics from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, and a doctor of medicine from Tulane University School of Medicine.
She lives with her family in Utah.
