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BL
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845284
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Byock, Ira
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| Title & Author
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The best care possible : : a physician's quest to transform care through the end of life /\ Ira Byock, M.D.
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| Edition Statement
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Large print edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Detroit :: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning,, 2012.
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549 pages (large print) ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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141045214X
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: 9781410452146
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-524) and index.
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| Contents
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Pt. 1. The best care possible. The best care possible -- pt. 2. Life-and-death decisions. Between Scylla and Charybdis, a rock and a hard place, and the Devil and the deep blue sea ; Balancing acts: weighing potential benefits against risks and burdens -- pt. 3. Palliative care: completing the therapeutic continuum. Palliative care: a surprising new specialty (Hint: it's not just for dying) ; Morbidity and mortality -- pt. 4. Real doctoring for the twenty-first century. What are doctors for? ; The busy day that Sharon died -- pt. 5. Transforming medicine and society. Fixing health care ; Imagining a care-full society ; Standing on common high ground.
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| Abstract
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It is harder to be seriously ill - and much harder to die - than ever before. These days, we effectively treat diseases, but often overlook the priorities of the people who are ill. As a result, too many Americans suffer needlessly and die badly. Here one of the nation's foremost leaders in palliative care takes us inside a state-of-the-art academic medical center and opens our eyes to an issue that will affect our loved ones, our neighbors, and ourselves.
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Large type books.
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Palliative treatment-- United States.
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Quality of life-- United States.
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Terminal care-- United States.
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Large type books.
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MEDICAL-- Terminal Care.
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Palliative treatment.
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Quality of life.
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Terminal care.
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Palliative Care-- United States.
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Terminal Care-- United States.
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Attitude to Death-- United States.
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Quality of Life-- United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.02/9
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| LC Classification
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R726.8.B96 2012b
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WB 310
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MED042000bisacsh
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