TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gawande,Atul
TI  - Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end 
SN  - 9780670086061 (hardcover)
U1  - 362.175 GAW 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Gurgaon, Haryana
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Terminal care
KW  - Critical care medicine
KW  - Aging
KW  - Physiological aspects
KW  - Quality of life
KW  - Activities of Daily Living
KW  - Attitude to Death
KW  - Prognosis
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277); The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage
N2  - 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
UR  - http://openisbn.com/isbn/9780805095159/
ER  -