TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gawande,Atul
TI  - Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end 
SN  - 9780805095159
AV  - R726.8 .G39 2014
U1  - 362.17/5 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
KW  - Terminal care
KW  - Critical care medicine
KW  - Aging
KW  - Physiological aspects
KW  - Prognosis
KW  - Quality of life
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage
N2  - 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
ER  -