Daniel Kraft

A palliative care doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial ethical issues of our time on his quest to transform care through the end of life. It is harder to die in this country than ever before. Statistics show that the vast majority of Americans would prefer to die at home, yet many of us spend our last days fearful and in pain in a healthcare system ruled by high-tech procedures and a philosophy to "fight disease and illness at all cost." Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the country, argues that end-of-life care is among the biggest national crises facing us today. In addressing the crisis, politics has trumped reason. Dr. Byock explains that to ensure the best possible care for those we love-and eventually ourselves- we must not only remake our healthcare system, we must also move past our cultural aversion to talking about death and acknowledge the fact of mortality once and for all. Dr. Byock describes what palliative care really is, and-with a doctor's compassion and insight-puts a human face on the issues by telling richly moving, heart-wrenching, and uplifting stories of real people during the most difficult moments in their lives. Byock takes us inside his busy, cutting-edge academic medical center to show what the best care at the end of life can look like and how doctors and nurses can profoundly shape the way families experience loss. Like books by Atul Gawande and Jerome Groopman, The Best Care Possible is a compelling meditation on medicine and ethics told through page-turning, life or death medical drama. It is passionate and timely, and it has the power to lead a new kind of national conversation.

A compelling and insightful look at the future of Spatial Computing, and how this cutting-edge technology is changing the way we do business across seven primary industries, and what it means for humanity as a whole. Key FeaturesDiscover how Spatial Computing is changing the face of technologyGet a roadmap for the disruptions caused by Spatial Computing and how it will affect seven major industriesGain insights about the past, present, and future of technology from the world's leading experts and innovatorsBook DescriptionWhat is Spatial Computing and why is everyone from Tesla, Apple, and Facebook investing heavily in it? In The Infinite Retina, authors Irena Cronin and Robert Scoble attempt to answer that question by helping you understand where Spatial Computing-an augmented reality where humans and machines can interact in a physical space-came from, where it's going, and why it's so fundamentally different from the computers or mobile phones that came before. They present seven visions of the future and the industry verticals in which Spatial Computing has the most influence-Transportation; Technology, Media, and Telecommunications; Manufacturing; Retail; Healthcare; Finance; and Education. The book also shares insights about the past, present, and future from leading experts an other industry veterans and innovators, including Sebastian Thrun, Ken Bretschneider, and Hugo Swart. They dive into what they think will happen in Spatial Computing in the near and medium term, and also explore what it could mean for humanity in the long term. The Infinite Retina then leaves it up to you to decide whether Spatial Computing is truly where the future of technology is heading or whether it's just an exciting, but passing, phase. What you will learnLook back at historical paradigms that changed the face of technologyConsider how Spatial Computing could be the new technology that changes our livesSee how Virtual and Augmented Reality will change the way we do healthcareLearn how Spatial Computing technology will lead to fully automated transportationThink about how Spatial Computing will change the manufacturing industryExplore how finance and retail are going to be impacted through Spatial Computing devicesHear accounts from industry experts on what they expect Spatial Computing to bring to their sectorsWho this book is forThe Infinite Retina is for anyone interested in the future of technology and how Augmented Reality and Spatial Computing (among other developments) will affect both businesses and the individual. Table of ContentsPart I: Why Spatial Computing and Why Now? Prime DirectiveFour Paradigms and Six TechnologiesPart II: The Seven Visions Vision One - Transportation AutomatesVision Two - Virtual Worlds AppearVision Three - Augmented ManufacturingVision Four - Robot ConsumersVision Five - Virtual HealthcareVision Six - Virtual Trading and BankingVision Seven - Real-Time LearningPart III: The Spatial Business The Always Predicted WorldSpatial Computing World-MakersHow Human?