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Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780805095159 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0805095152 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage. |
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Subject: | Terminal care. Critical care medicine. Aging > Physiological aspects. Quality of life. |