An edition of Being Mortal (2014)

Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

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An edition of Being Mortal (2014)

Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

  • 4.50 ·
  • 30 Ratings
  • 282 Want to read
  • 16 Currently reading
  • 40 Have read

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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Doubleday Canada

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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017-09, Picador
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017-09, Picador
Paperback in English - First Picador Edition (1)
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Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017, Anchor Canada
Paperback in English - Anchor Canada ed. (1)
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015, Profile Books
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Doubleday Canada
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
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Cover of: Being Mortal
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books
Hardcover in English - First Edition (9)
Cover of: Being Mortal
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books
Hardcover in English - First Edition (13)

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Copyright Date
2014

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.02/9
Library of Congress
R726.8.G395 2014

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover

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Open Library
OL26453001M
ISBN 10
0385677006
ISBN 13
9780385677004
OCLC/WorldCat
1035890398, 958180090
amazon.co.uk_asin
0385677006
amazon.ca_asin
0385677006
Canadian National Library Archive
20149031432
Goodreads
22253694

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I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn’t one of them.
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