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FAQ about End-of-Life Experience and Care The Four Things That Matter Most Landmarks and Taskwork for the End-of-Life Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
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people Dr. Ira Byock, long time palliative care physician and advocate for improved end-of-life care, and a past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, provides written resources, as well as organizations, web sites and books to empower persons with life threatening illness and their families to live fully. |
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'Dying Well' Discussion Guide
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Guide to Using the Missoula-Vitas Quality of Life Index (MVQOLI), including updated long and short versions of the tool in English and Spanish, scoring information, and details regarding training and registration.
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Excellence in End-of-Life Care Dedicated to long-term changes to improve health care for dying persons and their families through technical assistance to innovative demonstration projects addressing particular challenges to existing models of hospice and palliative care |
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"Through my years as a hospice doctor, I have learned that dying does not have to be agonizing. Physical suffering can always be alleviated. People need not die alone: many times the calm, caring presence of another can soothe a dying person's anguish. I think it is realistic to hope for a future in which nobody has to die alone and nobody has to die with his pain untreated. But comfort and companionship are not all there is. I have learned from my patients and their families a surprising truth about dying: this stage of life holds remarkable possibilities. Despite the arduous nature of the experience, when people are relatively comfortable and know that they are not going to be abandoned, they frequently find ways to strengthen bonds with people they love and to create profound meaning in their final passage." Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life Ira Byock, M.D. |
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