DavidBennettBrecherMDFAAFP, FAAHPM

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician VA Puget Sound, Tacoma WA

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Office
9600 Veterans Dr SW
Bldg 200
Tacoma, WA 98493
Phone+1 253-583-2075

Fax+1 253-589-4237

David Brecher, MD is a Family Medicine specialist located in Tacoma, WA with subspecialties in Hospice & Palliative Medicine. He is board certified in both specialties as well as being a Fellow of the AAFP and the ABHPM. His medical education was completed at Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in 1978 followed by a residency and chief residency at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University from 1980 to 1983. Dr. Brecher has multiple publications in leading medical journals primarily concerning hospice and palliative care. He has been acknowledged for his work, receiving awards such as Top Doc from Seattle Magazine in 2016 and a Top Doctors award from Castle Connolly in Florida in 2000.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Family Medicine, 1980 - 1983
Universidad Autonoma de GuadalajaraClass of 1978

PubMed

17 citations
The Use of Skype in a Community Hospital Inpatient Palliative Medicine Consultation Service
David B. Brecher
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2012-07-17
5 citations
Use of a Robotic Cat to Treat Terminal Restlessness: A Case Study.
David B. Brecher
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2020-02-20
17 citations
Underrecognition and Undertreatment of Pain and Behavioral Symptoms in End-Stage Dementia
David B. Brecher, Tasheba L. West
The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2016-04-01

Journal Articles

Is Comfort Care the Same as Do Not Resuscitate? How Misinterpreting Code Status May Lead to Potential Patient Harm
Brecher, David B and Shane M Morris, Am J Hosp Palliat Care, 8/2022
The Value of Recreation Therapy in End-of-Life Care: Case Studies from an Inpatient VA Hospice Program
Brecher, David B and Jeanne Hopkins, Am J Hosp Palliat Care,, 4/2022
Use of Scheduled Acetaminophen to Minimize Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome: A Case Report,
Brecher, David B and Sarah A Morgan, Federal Practitioner, 1/2022
All Sore Eyes and Beasts: Spiritual Care Providers’ Role in End-of-Life Existential Distress,
Abrams, Debra J, Brecher, David B and Lane, Douglas W., Ethics and Biology, Engineering & Medicine – An International Journal, 12/2021
Fight On….
David B Brecher, Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9/2020
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