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• Mark Phelan replied on 03:48 AM on May 29, 2008
  How about death in nursing homes? The death of a resident goes without acknowledgement. One day the person is not there. The other residents either note, or don't note the absence. This trying to ignore death is the most profoundly stupid behavior of our society.
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• Mark Phelan replied on 07:48 AM on May 29, 2008
  How about death in nursing homes? The death of a resident goes without acknowledgement. One day the person is not there. The other residents either note, or don't note the absence. This trying to ignore death is the most profoundly stupid behavior of our society.
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Facing Death in War

Ira Byock Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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Ira Byock Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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   Ira  Byock, MD    is Director of Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire and a    Professor of Anesthesiology and Community & Family Medicine   at Dartmouth Medical School.

Dr. Byock has authored numerous articles on the ethics and practice of hospice, palliative and end-of-life care. His first book, Dying Well, (1997) has become a standard in the field. His most recent book, The Four Things That Matter Most, (2004) is used as a counseling tool widely by palliative care and hospice programs, as well as within pastoral care.

Dr. Byock has been a consistent advocate for the voice and rights of dying patients and their families. He has been the recipient of the National Hospice Organization’s Person of the Year (1995), the National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship’s Natalie Davis Spingarn Writers Award (2000), the American College of CHEST Physicians Roger Bone Memorial Lecture Award (2003) and the Outstanding Colleague Award (2008) of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains.  

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