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Author:

Gawande, Atul, author.

Title:

Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Aging--Physiological aspects.
Quality of life.
Terminal care.
Activities of Daily Living.
Aged.
Aging--physiology.
Attitude to Death.
Prognosis.
Quality of life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.

Summary:

Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families of the terminally ill.

ISBN:

0805095152 (hbk.)
9780805095159 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2014017442

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