The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life - Paperback

$27.00

The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life - Paperback

Name: The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life - Paperback
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by Ira Byock

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by Ira Byock (Author)

A doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial social issues of our time.

It is harder to die in this country than ever before. Though the vast majority of Americans would prefer to die at home--which hospice care provides--many of us spend our last days fearful and in pain in a healthcare system ruled by high-tech procedures and a philosophy to "fight disease and illness at all cost."

Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the country, argues that how we die represents a national crisis today. To ensure the best possible elder care, Dr. Byock explains we must not only remake our healthcare system but also move beyond our cultural aversion to thinking about death. The Best Care Possible is a compelling meditation on medicine and ethics told through page-turning life-or-death medical drama. It has the power to lead a new national conversation.

Author Biography

Ira Byock, M.D., is director of Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center and a professor at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He lives in Enfield, New Hampshire.

Number of Pages: 320

Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN

Publication Date: March 05, 2013

ISBN	9781583335123
Author	Ira Byock
Publisher	Penguin Publishing Group
Genre	Education
Format	Paperback
Published	March 2013
Language	ENG- English
Pages	320
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print