Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end

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

Author
: 
Gawande, Atul author.

ISBN
: 
9781410478122

Edition
: 
Large Print edition.

Physical Description
: 
437 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

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

Subject Term
: 
Terminal care.
 
Older people.
 
Aging -- Physiological aspects.
 
Death -- Attitudes.

Local Subject
: 
Large print editions.

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
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)LP 362.175 GAWChecked Out