The best care possible: a physician's quest to transform care through the end of life

Pt. 1. The best care possible. The best care possible

pt. 2. Life-and-death decisions. Between Scylla and Charybdis, a rock and a hard place, and the Devil and the deep blue sea ; Balancing acts: weighing potential benefits against risks and burdens

pt. 3. Palliative care: completing the therapeutic continuum. Palliative care: a surprising new specialty (Hint: it's not just for dying) ; Morbidity and mortality

pt. 4. Real doctoring for the twenty-first century. What are doctors for? ; The busy day that Sharon died

pt. 5. Transforming medicine and society. Fixing health care ; Imagining a care-full society ; Standing on common high ground.