The Best Care Possible

Author: Ira Byock MD
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1583335129
Category: Medical

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

A doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial social issues of our time. Download The Best Care Possible medical books for free.


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 aver Get The Best Care Possible our bestseller medical books.

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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 Byock explains we must not only remake our healthcare system but also move beyond our cultural aver

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