Being Mortal : Ageing, illness, medicine, and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.

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Gawande, Atul [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Wellcome CollectionPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781847657862
1847657869

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

306.9 23

LOC classification:

R726.8 .G39 2014

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Contents:

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

Summary: 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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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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