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'''Ira Byock''' is a [[physician]] specializing in [[Palliative care|hospice care]]. Byock has authored the 1997 book ''Dying Well'', and also the 2004 book ''The Four Things That Matter Most''. Byock is currently the Director of Palliative Medicine at [[Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center]], a professor at [[Dartmouth Medical School]], and the director of the [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]] national grant program. |
'''Ira Byock''' is a [[physician]] specializing in [[Palliative care|hospice care]]. Byock has authored the 1997 book ''Dying Well'', and also the 2004 book ''The Four Things That Matter Most''. Byock is currently the Director of Palliative Medicine at [[Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center]], a professor at [[Dartmouth Medical School]], and the director of the [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]] national grant program. |
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== Awards and recognitions == |
== Awards and recognitions == |
Revision as of 19:10, 20 October 2009
Ira Byock is a physician specializing in hospice care. Byock has authored the 1997 book Dying Well, and also the 2004 book The Four Things That Matter Most. Byock is currently the Director of Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, a professor at Dartmouth Medical School, and the director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national grant program.
Ben Schumin - "I masturbate to you every night"
Awards and recognitions
- Person of the Year, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization formerly National Hospice Organization (1995)
- Natalie Davis Spingarn Writers Award, National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship (2000)
- Roger Bone Memorial Lecture Award, American College of CHEST Physicians (2003)