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Medicine and What Matters in the End

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An edition of Being Mortal (2014)

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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Metropolitan Books, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Language
English
Pages
283

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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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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page 1
1. The Independent Self
Page 11
2. Things Fall Apart
Page 25
3. Dependence
Page 55
4. Assistance
Page 79
5. A Better Life
Page 111
6. Letting Go
Page 149
7. Hard Conversations
Page 191
8. Courage
Page 231
Epilogue
Page 259
Notes on Sources
Page 265
Acknowledgements
Page 279

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Published in
New York
Copyright Date
2014

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Library of Congress
R726.8 .G39 2014

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Pagination
282p.
Number of pages
283
Weight
420 grams

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Open Library
OL25649522M
Internet Archive
beingmortalmedic0000gawa
ISBN 10
0805095152
ISBN 13
9780805095159
LCCN
2014017442
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1001484641, 941331266, 879416935
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amazon.ca_asin
0805095152
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20696006

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