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

Gawande, Atul,

Being Mortal : Ageing, illness, medicine, and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande. - 1 online resource - Wellcome Collection .

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.

9781847657862 1847657869

6837DB89-4AE9-4CB4-8E16-5FFEF038F91F OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

GBB486141 bnb

016823901 Uk 016823034 Uk


Mortality.
Death--Psychological aspects.
Attitude to Death
Mortality
mortality.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

R726.8 / .G39 2014

306.9