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Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.
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.
Record details
- Physical Description: volumes (282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm) ; in container + 3 laminated sheets of discussion questions
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Activities of daily living -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage. |
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| Subject: | Terminal care Critical care medicine Aging > Physiological aspects Quality of life. Book clubs (Discussion groups) Group reading |
| Topic Heading: | Book club kit. |
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