Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end

Title
: 
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end

Author
: 
Gawande, Atul, author.

Edition
: 
Paperback ed.

Physical Description
: 
287 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Series
: 
Instant book club.

General Note
: 
A cloth bag containing 10 copies of the title and a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders.
 
Book includes reading group guide (pages 283-287)

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

Subject Term
: 
Terminal care.
 
Critical care medicine.
 
Older people.
 
Aging -- Physiological aspects.
 
Death -- Attitudes.
 
Quality of life.

Local Subject
: 
Book club kit collection.

More Information
: 
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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.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)KT 362.175 GAWKits