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For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mortal. So here is a book about the modern experience of mortality - about what it's like to get old and die, how medicine has changed this and how it hasn't, where our ideas about death have gone wrong. With his trademark mix of perceptiveness and sensitivity, Atul Gawande outlines a story that crosses the globe, as he examines his experiences as a surgeon and those of his patients and family, and learns to accept the limits of what he can do.
Never before has aging been such an important topic. The systems that we have put in place to manage our mortality are manifestly failing; but, as Gawande reveals, it doesn't have to be this way. The ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death, but a good life - all the way to the very end.
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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: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017, Anchor Canada
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Sterblich sein: Was am Ende wirklich zählt. Über Würde, Autonomie und eine angemessene medizinische Versorgung
Jul 27, 2017, FISCHER Taschenbuch
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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
Sep 05, 2017, Large Print Press
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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At være dødelig: om livsforlængelse og livskvalitet
2016, Lindhardt og Ringhof
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At være dødelig: om livsforlængelse og livskvalitet
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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
2015, Greenhaven Press
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Being Mortal Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015, Picador
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015, Profile Books
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Sterfelijk zijn: Geneeskunde en waar het uiteindelijk om gaat
2015, Nieuwezijds, Nieuwezijds b.v.
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Nous sommes tous mortels: ce qui compte vraiment en fin de vie
2015 October, Fayard
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Ning shi si wang: yi wei wai ke yi shi dui shuai lao yu si wang de si suo
2015, Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
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Ser mortal: La medicina y lo que importa al final
2015, Galaxia Gutenberg
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Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015-12-01, Clipper Large Print
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Hamish Hamilton
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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
2014, Doubleday Canada
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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
Oct 07, 2014, Macmillan Audio
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Profile Books
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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
2014, Metropolitan Books, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
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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
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014 October 7, Macmillan Audio
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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 by Atul Gawande, book review: A manifesto to help the aged (The Independent)
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