01650nam a2200397u 4500 879416935 OCoLC 20190501183529.0 ta 150320s2014 nyua b 000 0 eng 2014017442 9780805095159 (OCoLC)879416935 (OCoLC)869437844 (OCoLC)869770772 Me eng Me rda R726.8 .G39 2014 362.17/5 23 Gawande, Atul, author. 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 text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier 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. Terminal care. Critical care medicine. Aging Physiological aspects. Prognosis. Quality of life. Curtis Memorial Library (Brunswick, Me.) CHIP Collection. 141015 12 8309 8309 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2016-10-26 9 0 362.17 GAWA 34799 2019-07-31 2019-07-12 26.00 2016-10-26 BOOK