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

By: Gawande, Atul [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 282 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781846685811; 9781781253946Other title: Illness, medicine and what matters in the endSubject(s): Terminal care | Critical care medicine | Aging -- Physiological aspects | Quality of life | Palliative treatmentDDC classification: 362.175 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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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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