TY - BOOK AU - Gawande,Atul TI - Being mortal: illness, medicine and what matters in the end SN - 9781846685811 U1 - 362.175 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Profile Books KW - Terminal care KW - Critical care medicine KW - Aging KW - Physiological aspects KW - Quality of life KW - Palliative treatment N1 - Includes bibliographical references 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 ER -