I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn’t one of them.
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Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
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by Atul Gawande
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Modern medicine has transformed the dangers of birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should do. Through eye-opening research and grip- ping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering produced by medicine's neglect of the wishes people might have beyond mere survival. To find out what those wishes are, we need to ask. We haven't been asking, but we can learn.
Riveting, honest, and humane, this remarkable book, which has already changed the national conversation on aging and death, shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life —all the way to the very end.
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017-09, Picador
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2017-09, Picador
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Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017, Anchor Canada
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Zui hao de gao bie: guan yu shuai lao yu si wang, ni bi xu zhi dao de chang shi = Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
2015, Zhejiang ren min chu ban she
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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, 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 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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