TY - BOOK AU - Gawande,Atul TI - Being Mortal: Ageing, illness, medicine, and what matters in the end T2 - Wellcome Collection SN - 9781847657862 AV - R726.8 .G39 2014 U1 - 306.9 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Profile Books KW - Mortality KW - Death KW - Psychological aspects KW - Attitude to Death KW - mortality KW - aat KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Cultural Policy KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - Popular Culture KW - Electronic books N1 - The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1369234 ER -