Image from Google Jackets

Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780805095159 (hbk.)
  • 0805095152 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.17/5 23
LOC classification:
  • R726.8 .G39 2014
NLM classification:
  • WB 310
Contents:
The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.
Summary: 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.
Item type: Book
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Home library Call number Status Barcode
Martha's Vineyard High School Library 362.17/GAWAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844400107658

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).

The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.