Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: 9780805095159 (hbk.); 0805095152 (hbk.)Subject(s): Terminal care | Critical care medicine | Aging -- Physiological aspects | Quality of lifeDDC classification: 362.17/5 LOC classification: R726.8 | .G39 2014NLM classification: WB 310Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).
The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.
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.
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