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The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest To Transform Care Through The End Of Life (2012)

by Ira Byock(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1583334599 (ISBN13: 9781583334591)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Avery

review 1: Like it or not, no one lives forever. Once you get over that, it's time to think about what choices you want to make for yourself, and which ones you are OK letting others decide for you. Dr. Byock gives simple, clear explanations for things that you don't think about ahead of time, necessarily, when it comes to health care decisions. It's good info for anyone to read, but especially helpful for those of us who work in healthcare.
review 2: I heard Dr. Byock on NPR and was really impressed. The book teaches its reader how to improve end-of- life care. The "best care possible" includes life-prolonging treatments, pain management, tenderness, and respect for people's right to say when enough is enough. As a palliative care specialist his suggestions are very pra... morectical ones: providing support for caregivers, using hospice sooner, supporting the dying in our communities, making corrections to our healthcare system and doctors' education, and on and on. Every once in a while the writing was clunky, too medical, and redundant, but I thought the message was compelling, and his treatment of the subject was fair and compassionate. Almost 5 stars. less

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