Professionally Speaking
Professionally Speaking is a series of informative and sometimes provocative interviews meant to stimulate thought and conversation among the medical and policy communities. Listen below or use the Podcast and iTunes links to download to your audio device. (What is a Podcast?)
Dr. Byock has been involved in hospice and palliative care since 1978. He is a founder of a hospice home care program in Fresno, California, a past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and has published numerous articles on the ethics and practice of hospice, palliative and end-of-life care. Byock's most recent book, The Best Care Possible, will be available soon.
HFA's Medical Consultant Dr. Hank Willner, initially certified in Family Practice in 1978, is Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Practice both at Georgetown University Medical School and the Medical College of Virginia, a hospice medical director, and palliative medicine physician consultant.
