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100 1 $aGawande, Atul,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBeing mortal :$bmedicine and what matters in the end /$cAtul Gawande.
246 30 $aMedicine and what matters in the end
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bMetropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company,$c2014.
300 $a282 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage -- Epilogue.
520 $aMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified.
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650 22 $aActivities of Daily Living.
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650 22 $aPrognosis.
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650 22 $aAged.
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650 7 $aAttitude (Psychology)$2sears
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856 42 $zAdditional information at Google Books$uhttp://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780805095159
856 42 $uhttp://iplstaff.blogspot.com/2015/01/being-mortal-medicine-and-what-matters.html$zStaff Review
856 4 $uhttp://www.henryholt.com
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