An edition of Being Mortal (2014)

Ning shi si wang

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An edition of Being Mortal (2014)

Ning shi si wang

yi wei wai ke yi shi dui shuai lao yu si wang de si suo

Di 1 ban

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 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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Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
Language
Chinese
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367

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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 reviewed
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Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Ning shi si wang: yi wei wai ke yi shi dui shuai lao yu si wang de si suo
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Translation of: Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end.

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Taibei Shi
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Jian kang sheng huo = -- Good health -- 163, Jian kang sheng huo -- 163.
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Yi wei wai ke yi shi dui shuai lao yu si wang de si suo

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367 pages
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9863208361
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9789863208365
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931615911

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