Being Mortal : Ageing, illness, medicine, and what matters in the end /
Atul Gawande.
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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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Mortality. Death--Psychological aspects. Attitude to Death Mortality mortality. POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.