The Best Care Possible_ A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life

560 Pages·2012·23.089 MB·English

by  Ira Byock

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The Best Care
Possible
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The Best Care
Possible
A PHYSICIAN’S QUEST TO TRANSFORM
CARE THROUGH THE END OF LIFE
M.D.
Ira Byock,
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Copyright © 2012 by Ira Byock, M.D.
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procedures, and suggestions contained in this book are not intended as
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Byock, Ira.
The best care possible : a physician's quest to transform care through the
end of life / by Ira Byock, M.D. — Large print edition.
pages cm — (Thorndike large print health, home & learning)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4104-5214-6 (hardcover) — ISBN 1-4104-5214-X (hardcover) 1.
Palliative treatment—United States. 2. Terminal care—United States. 3.
Quality of life—United States. 4. Large type books. I. Title.
R726.8.B96 2012b
616.02'9—dc23 2012024587
Published in 2012 by arrangement with Avery, a member of Penguin
Group (USA) Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
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