The Ethics and Practice of Loving Care

Ira Byock, MD, is Chair, Palliative Medicine, at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Director of Palliative Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and Professor, the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in the Departments of Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Community and Family Medicine.  Involved in hospice and palliative care since 1978, Dr. Byock has authored numerous articles and several books on the ethics and practice of hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care.  The Best Care Possible is his most recent book.  As a consistent advocated for the rights of dying patients and their families, he has received many awards, and has been featured on numerous national television and radio programs.