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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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, Aging--physiology, Aging--physiological aspects, R726.8 .g39 2014, Wb 310, 362.17/5People
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017-09, Picador
Paperback
in English
- First Picador Edition (1)
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Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017, Anchor Canada
Paperback
in English
- Anchor Canada ed. (1)
0385677022 9780385677028
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Sterblich sein: Was am Ende wirklich zählt. Über Würde, Autonomie und eine angemessene medizinische Versorgung
Jul 27, 2017, FISCHER Taschenbuch
paperback
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Sep 05, 2017, Large Print Press
paperback
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017-09, Picador
paperback
in English
- First Picador Edition (1)
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At være dødelig: om livsforlængelse og livskvalitet
2016, Lindhardt og Ringhof
Hardcover
in Danish
8711475188 9788711475188
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At være dødelig: om livsforlængelse og livskvalitet
2016, Lindhardt og Ringhof
Epub
in Danish
8711482982 9788711482988
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Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015-12-01, Clipper Large Print
1510015035 9781510015036
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Being Mortal Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015, Picador
paperback
1250081246 9781250081247
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Ser mortal: La medicina y lo que importa al final
2015, Galaxia Gutenberg
in Spanish
8416252475 9788416252473
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Sterfelijk zijn: Geneeskunde en waar het uiteindelijk om gaat
2015, Nieuwezijds, Nieuwezijds b.v.
Paperback
in Dutch
9057124386 9789057124389
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015, Profile Books
Paperback
in English
- printing (1)
1846685826 9781846685828
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Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end
2015, Greenhaven Press
in English
- Large print edition.
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Ser mortal: La medicina y lo que importa al final
2015, Galaxia Gutenberg
Epub
in Spanish
841625267X 9788416252671
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Ning shi si wang: yi wei wai ke yi shi dui shuai lao yu si wang de si suo
2015, Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
in Chinese
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9863208361 9789863208365
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Nous sommes tous mortels: ce qui compte vraiment en fin de vie
2015 October, Fayard
Epub
in French
2213688788 9782213688787
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Doubleday Canada
Hardcover
0385677006 9780385677004
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
hardcover
in English
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0805095152 9780805095159
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books
Hardcover
in English
- First Edition (9)
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Oct 07, 2014, Macmillan Audio
audio cd
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Doubleday Canada
Epub
in English
0385677014 9780385677011
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Hamish Hamilton
in English
0670086061 9780670086061
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Profile Books
Epub
in English
1847657869 9781847657862
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014 October 7, Macmillan Audio
Digital Audio
in English
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Profile Books
Hardcover
in English
1846685818 9781846685811
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books
Epub
in English
- First Edition
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books
Hardcover
in English
- First Edition (13)
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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 & What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande – review (The Guardian)
- Atul Gawande’s ‘Being Mortal’ (The New York Times)
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, book review: A manifesto to help the aged (The Independent)
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