Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.
Material type: TextPublication details: Gurgaon, Haryana : Penguin Books, 2014.Edition: First editionDescription: [ix], 282 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780670086061 (hardcover)
- 0805095152 (hardcover)
- 362.175 GAW 23 005588
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).
The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.
Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families of the terminally ill.
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