The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life
| AUTHOR | Byock, Ira |
| PUBLISHER | Avery Publishing Group (03/05/2013) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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ISBN-13:
9781583335123
ISBN-10:
1583335129
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
320
Carton Quantity:
22
Product Dimensions:
5.40 x 1.10 x 8.20 inches
Weight:
0.60 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
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Table of Contents
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Medical | Health Policy
Medical | Terminal Care
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
616.029
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Author:
Byock, Ira
Ira Byock, MD, is a leading palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care through the end of life. His research and writing have helped to define quality of life and quality of care for people living with advanced medical conditions. He has been involved in hospice and palliative care since 1978 and is a founding member and past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. From 1996 through 2006, he served as Director for Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, a national grant program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Dr. Byock is Chief Medical Officer of the "Institute for Human Caring" of Providence Health and Services system. From 2003 through July 2013 he directed the palliative care program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Dr. Byock is a Professor of Medicine and Community & Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
More information is available at IraByock.org.
Dr. Byock is Chief Medical Officer of the "Institute for Human Caring" of Providence Health and Services system. From 2003 through July 2013 he directed the palliative care program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Dr. Byock is a Professor of Medicine and Community & Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
More information is available at IraByock.org.
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