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 [Paperback] [Dec 31, 1899] ATUL GAWANDE
by Atul Gawande
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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 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
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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
Paperback
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Being Mortal: Medicine And What Matters In The End [Paperback] [Dec 31, 1899] ATUL GAWANDE
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books
Hardcover
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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
2014, Metropolitan Books
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