Gawande, Atul,
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end Atul Gawande. - First edition. - New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014. - 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.
Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Gawande asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.
9780805095159
2014017442
Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Aging--Physiological aspects.
Prognosis.
Quality of life.
R726.8 / .G39 2014
362.17/5
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end Atul Gawande. - First edition. - New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014. - 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.
Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Gawande asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.
9780805095159
2014017442
Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Aging--Physiological aspects.
Prognosis.
Quality of life.
R726.8 / .G39 2014
362.17/5