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La medicina ha triunfado en nuestro tiempo y ha convertido los terribles peligros del parto, de las heridas y las enfermedades en problemas manejables. Pero cuando se trata de las realidades inevitables del envejecimiento y la muerte, lo que hace la medicina es, a menudo, lo contrario de lo que debería hacer.
Atul Gawande, cirujano en ejercicio, pasa revista a las limitaciones e incapacidades de la medicina cuando se avecina la muerte. Y descubre cómo se pueden hacer mejor las cosas.
“Creemos que la medicina consiste en garantizar la salud y la supervivencia. Pero en realidad, es mucho más que eso. Porque quienes sufren una enfermedad grave tienen otras prioridades, al margen de prolongar su vida. Entre sus principales preocupaciones figuran evitar el sufrimiento, estrechar los lazos con sus familiares y amigos, estar mentalmente conscientes, no ser una carga para los demás y llegar a tener la sensación de que su vida está completa. La gente quiere compartir sus recuerdos, transmitir su sabiduría y sus objetos personales, arreglar las relaciones, establecer sus legados y asegurarse de que las personas que deja atrás van a estar bien. Nuestro sistema de atención sanitaria tecnológica ha fracasado totalmente a la hora de satisfacer esas necesidades.”
Ser mortal, un libro apasionante y humano, muestra que la meta no es una buena muerte sino una buena vida de principio a fin. Y nos enseña cómo asegurarnos de que nunca sacrificaremos lo que de verdad le importa a la gente.
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dying, geriatrics, medicine, Activities of Daily Living, Conduct of life, Attitude to Death, Critical care medicine, Terminal care, Diagnosis, Attitude (Psychology), SOCIAL SCIENCE, Elderly, Aged, Physiology, Death & Dying, Physiological aspects, Aging, Death, Quality of Life, Prognosis, Palliative treatment, Medical ethics, Older people, Death, psychological aspects, Attitudes, Large type books, MEDICAL / Terminal Care, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-10-26, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Mortality, Family and Relationships, Sterben, Sterbebegleitung, Krankenpflege, Lebensverlängerung, Quality of life, Terminal Care, Attitude to death, Aging--physiology, Activities of daily living, Aging--physiological aspects, R726.8 .g39 2014, Wb 310, 362.17/5, Dying, Geriatrics, Medicine, Attitude (psychology), Social science, Death & dying, Medical / terminal care, Nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-10-26, New york times bestseller, New york times reviewedPeople
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017-09, Picador
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Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017, Anchor Canada
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015, Profile Books
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Ser mortal: La medicina y lo que importa al final
2015, Galaxia Gutenberg
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a 2014 non-fiction book by American surgeon Atul Gawande. The book addresses end-of-life care, hospice care, and also contains Gawande's reflections and personal stories. He suggests that medical care should focus on well-being rather than survival. Being Mortal has won awards, appeared on lists of best books, and been featured in a documentary.
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- Being Mortal: Medicine & What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande – review (The Guardian)
- Atul Gawande’s ‘Being Mortal’ (The New York Times)
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, book review: A manifesto to help the aged (The Independent)
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