Being mortal : illness, medicine and what matters in the end / Terminal care. Critical care medicine. Aging Quality of life. Palliative treatment.
Gawande, Atul,
Being mortal : illness, medicine and what matters in the end / Illness, medicine and what matters in the end. Atul Gawande. - 282 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9781846685811 9781781253946
Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Aging--Physiological aspects.
Quality of life.
Palliative treatment.
362.175
Being mortal : illness, medicine and what matters in the end / Illness, medicine and what matters in the end. Atul Gawande. - 282 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9781846685811 9781781253946
Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Aging--Physiological aspects.
Quality of life.
Palliative treatment.
362.175