Providence Institute for Human Caring

Providence Health & Services is establishing the Providence Institute for Human Caring under the leadership of Dr. Ira Byock.  



Based at Providence TrinityCare Hospice in Torrance, Calif., the new institute will support clinicians, patients and families across the five states that Providence serves and others nationwide.



The institute will bring greater attention to the personal side of illness, dying, caregiving and grieving. Its goal is to offer clinicians the resources, training and support they need to have meaningful conversations with patients and families about underlying worries and desires related to a medical condition, so that together they can develop the best approach to care.