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What we can do to die well

Timothy Ihrig · TED

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About

The healthcare industry in America is so focused on pathology, surgery and pharmacology -- on what doctors "do" to patients -- that it often overlooks the values of the human beings it's supposed to care for. Palliative care physician Timothy Ihrig explains the benefits of a different approach, one that fosters a patient's overall quality of life and navigates serious illness from diagnosis to death with dignity and compassion.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxDesMoines
Speaker
Timothy Ihrig
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Economics, Society and politics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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