GREENFIELD, NH - Author and advocate for improved end-of-life care, Ira Byock, MD gave  a talk based upon his most recent book, The Four Things That Matter Most, in April of 2008.

Dr. Byock is currently the Director of Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, a professor at Dartmouth Medical School, and the director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national grant program. His first book, Dying Well (1997) has become a standard in the field. He has published essays in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal and his work has been featured on Nightline, All Things Considered, HBO's Letting Go, and the New York Times Magazine. To learn more, visit his websites: www.thefourthings.org and www.dyingwell.org.

The presentation is part of the Hilliard Series, in honor of Clinton Hilliard, former head of the Speech and Hearing Department at Crotched Mountain. The presentation is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. For more information about the Hilliard Lecture Series please call Joan Crooker, at 547-3311, ext. 1481.

Crotched Mountain is a charitable organization employing more than 900 people. Its mission is to serve individuals with disabilities and their families, embracing personal choice and development, and building communities of mutual support. Crotched Mountain provides specialized education, rehabilitation, community, and residential support services for more than 2,000 consumers, including individuals with disabilities and the elderly, living in New England and New York . For more information about Crotched Mountain , please visit their web site: www.crotchedmountain.org.

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