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The Best Care Possible

A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life

By: Ira Byock

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The Best Care Possible

A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life

By: Ira Byock

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.

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Penguin

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1583335129

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9781583335123

The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition

A Book About Living

By: Ira Byock

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The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition

A Book About Living

By: Ira Byock

“This beautiful book, full of wisdom and warmth, teaches us how to protect and preserve our most valuable possessions—the relationships with those we love. It shows that the things that matter definitely aren’t ‘things,’ and how to empower your life in the right direction.” —Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Four simple phrases—“Please forgive me,” “I forgive you,” “Thank you,” and “I love you”—carry enormous power to mend and nurture our relationships and inner lives. These four phrases and the sentiments they convey provide a path to emotional wellbeing, guiding us through interpersonal difficulties to life with integrity and grace. Newly updated with stories from people who have turned to this life-altering book in their time of need, this motivational teaching about what really matters reminds us how we can honor each relationship every day. Dr. Ira Byock, an international leader in palliative care, explains how we can practice these life-affirming words in our day-to-day lives. Too often we assume that the people we love really know that we love them. Dr. Byock demonstrates the value of “stating the obvious” and provides practical insights into the benefits of letting go of old grudges and toxic emotions. His stories help us to forgive, appreciate, love, and celebrate one another and live life more fully. Using the Four Things in a wide range of life situations, we can experience emotional healing even in the wake of family strife, personal tragedy, divorce, or in the face of death. With practical wisdom and spiritual power, The Four Things That Matter Most gives us the language and guidance to honor and experience what really matters most in our lives every day.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743258606

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9780743258609

A Few Months to Live

Different Paths to Life’s End

By: Jana Staton,Roger W. Shuy,Ira Byock

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Different Paths to Life’s End

By: Jana Staton,Roger W. Shuy,Ira Byock

A Few Months to Live describes what dying is like from the perspectives of nine terminally ill individuals and their caregivers. Documenting a unique study of end-of-life experiences that included detailed conversations in home care settings, the book focuses on how participants lived their daily lives, understood their illnesses, coped with symptoms-especially pain-and searched for meaning or spiritual growth in their final months of life. The accounts are presented largely in the participants' own words, illuminating both the medical and non-medical challenges that arose from the time each learned the "bad news" through their final days of life and memorial services. Describing the nationwide crisis that surrounds end-of-life care, the authors contend that informal caregiving by relatives and close friends is an enormous and too-often invisible resource that deserves close and public attention. By incorporating not only the ill person's but also the family's perspective, they portray the nine participants in the contexts of their daily lives and relationships rather than simply as patients. Addressing such issues as palliative care, quality of life, financial hardship, grief and loss, and communications with medical personnel, the authors identify how families, professionals, and communities can respond to the challenges of terminal illness and the need to confront life's end.

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388

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Georgetown University Press

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1589012267

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9781589012264

Dying Well

By: Ira Byock

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Dying Well

By: Ira Byock

From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well. Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody should have to die alone. This is Ira Byock's dream, and he is dedicating his life to making it come true. Dying Well brings us to the homes and bedsides of families with whom Dr. Byock has worked, telling stories of love and reconciliation in the face of tragedy, pain, medical drama, and conflict. Through the true stories of patients, he shows us that a lot of important emotional work can be accomplished in the final months, weeks, and even days of life. It is a companion for families, showing them how to deal with doctors, how to talk to loved ones—and how to make the end of life as meaningful and enriching as the beginning. Ira Byock is also the author of The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life.

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Penguin

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110150028X

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9781101500286

A Few Months to Live

Different Paths to Life’s End

By: Jana Staton,Roger W. Shuy,Ira Byock

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Different Paths to Life’s End

By: Jana Staton,Roger W. Shuy,Ira Byock

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Georgetown University Press

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The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition

A Book About Living

By: Ira Byock

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A Book About Living

By: Ira Byock

With a new introduction and additional stories"--Jacket.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476748535

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The Best Care Possible

A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life

By: Ira Byock

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A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life

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1583335129

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Palliative and End-of-life Pearls

By: John E. Heffner,Ira Byock

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Palliative and End-of-life Pearls

By: John E. Heffner,Ira Byock

This addition to the popular Pearls Series. presents 71 case presentations of clinical interest related to end-of-life and palliative care for both hospitalized patients and patients receiving home care. The patient vignettes highlight considerations of pain and symptom management at the end of life, ethical issues related to life-supportive care, and approaches to assisting patients and families with the difficulties that surround death and dying.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1560535008

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9781560535003

Book's by Ira Byock

The Best Care Possible

The Best Care Possible

The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition

The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition

A Few Months to Live

A Few Months to Live

Dying Well

Dying Well

A Few Months to Live

A Few Months to Live

The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition

The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition

The Best Care Possible

The Best Care Possible

Palliative and End-of-life Pearls

Palliative and End-of-life Pearls

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