Gawande, Atul, <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780805095159 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014017442 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terminal care.<br/>Critical care medicine.<br/>Aging--Physiological aspects.<br/>Prognosis.<br/>Quality of life.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R726.8  / .G39 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.17/5