Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
Title
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Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
Author
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Gawande, Atul author.
ISBN
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9780805095159
Edition
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1st ed.
Physical Description
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282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Contents
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The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.
Subject Term
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Terminal care.
Critical care medicine
Older people.
Aging -- Physiological aspects.
Death -- Attitudes.
Quality of life.
Summary
:
Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Gawande asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.
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Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | 362.175 GAW | Being transferred between libraries |
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R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | 362.175 GAW | Checked Out |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | 362.175 GAW | Checked Out |
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