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Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end.
"Modern medicine has transformed the dangers of birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering produced by medicine's neglect of the wishes people might have beyond mere survival. To find out what those wishes are, we need to ask. We haven't been asking, but we can learn. [This] book shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life...all the way to the very end."--Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250076229 (Paper)
- ISBN: 1250076226 (Paper)
- Physical Description: 287 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st Picador ed. / Atul Gawanda.
- Publisher: New York : Picador, Metropolitan Books, Henry Hold and Company, 2017.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes discussion questions. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Terminal care. Critical care medicine. Aging > Physiological aspects. Quality of life. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Vancouver Community College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Downtown Library | R 726.8 G39 2017 (Text) | 33109010253870 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
| LDR | 01709aam a2200289 a 4500 | ||
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aBeing mortal : ‡bmedicine and what matters in the end. |
| 250 | . | ‡a1st Picador ed. / ‡bAtul Gawanda. | |
| 260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bPicador, Metropolitan Books, Henry Hold and Company, ‡c2017. | |
| 300 | . | ‡a287 p. ; ‡c21 cm. | |
| 500 | . | ‡aIncludes discussion questions. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references. | |
| 520 | . | ‡a"Modern medicine has transformed the dangers of birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering produced by medicine's neglect of the wishes people might have beyond mere survival. To find out what those wishes are, we need to ask. We haven't been asking, but we can learn. [This] book shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life...all the way to the very end."--Back cover. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aTerminal care. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aCritical care medicine. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aAging ‡xPhysiological aspects. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aQuality of life. | |
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