Providence Invites National Hospice Expert to Address End of Life Care
Feb. 18, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore. – Providence Center for Health Care Ethics presents the 2008 Goldman-Berland Lecture in Palliative Medicine. Ira Byock, M.D., will speak on two topics:
“What are Doctors For? The Physician-Patient Relationship Through the End of Life” during medical grand rounds for physicians, and
“Giving and Getting the Best End of Life Care Possible” for hospice professionals and caregivers.
WHAT: “What Are Doctors For? The Physician-Patient Relationship Through the End of Life”: medical grand rounds. Ira Byock, M.D., will offer new perspectives on the physician’s unique role in caring for people living with progressive and incurable illnesses. Dr. Byock will explore expectations that the public and patients hold for their doctors as well as some of the ethical and practical limitations of the physician’s role.
WHEN/WHERE: 8 to 9 a.m., Tuesday, March 11
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Souther Auditorium
9205 S.W. Barnes Road, Portland
8 to 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 12
Providence Portland Medical Center
Social Room
4805 N.E. Glisan Street, Portland
WHAT: “Giving and Getting the Best End of Life Care Possible” for hospice professionals and those who work with hospice patients. Everybody wants “the best care possible” for their loved ones and themselves through the end of life. Of course, this phrase means different things to different people. This presentation will explore the elements that must be in place – within health systems and within communities – and the key stakeholders who must regularly communicate and interact if we are to reliably provide “the best care possible.”
WHEN/WHERE: 3 to 4:15 p.m., presentation, followed by a reception and book signing
Tuesday, March 11
First Unitarian Church
1011 SW 12th Ave
Portland, OR 97205
Free and open to the public. Register online at www.providence.org/hospice. Sponsored by Providence Hospice & Palliative Care, Providence Center for Health Care Ethics, and Oregon Hospice Association.
DETAILS: Ira Byock, M.D., a pioneer and leader in hospice and palliative medicine since 1978, is the chair of Palliative Medicine and professor in the departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Byock is also the director of Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. In addition to authoring numerous articles on the ethics and practice of hospice, palliative and end-of-life care, he has authored two books, “Dying Well” (1997) and “The Four Things That Matter Most” (2003). Dr. Byock has been the recipient of the National Hospice Organization’s Person of the Year award (1995), and the American College of CHEST Physicians Roger Bone Memorial Lecture Award (2003). He has been featured on national television and radio programs, including National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
PORTLAND, Ore. – Providence Center for Health Care Ethics presents the 2008 Goldman-Berland Lecture in Palliative Medicine. Ira Byock, M.D., will speak on two topics: