Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.

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Gawande, Atul [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Gurgaon, Haryana : Penguin Books, 2014.Edition: First editionDescription: [ix], 282 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780670086061 (hardcover)
0805095152 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

362.175 GAW 23 005588

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Table of contents.

Contents:

The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	362.175 GAW 005588 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005588

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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