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020 _a9780805095159 (hbk.)
020 _a0805095152 (hbk.)
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999 _b03010731
100 1 _aGawande, Atul
_eauthor.
_93737
245 1 0 _aBeing mortal :
_bmedicine and what matters in the end /
_cAtul Gawande.
250 _aFirst edition.
300 _a282 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).
505 0 _aThe independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.
520 _aGawande, 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.
650 0 _aTerminal care
_98286
650 0 _aCritical care medicine
_98287
650 0 _aAging
_xPhysiological aspects
_98288
650 0 _aQuality of life
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