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Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end  Cover Image Large print book Large print book

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

Gawande, Atul, (author.).

Summary:

"Being Mortal looks at the way modern medicine has changed the experience of dying, what the implications of this change are for each of us, and what we would need to do to change a system that knows a lot about prolonging life but little about tending to death. At the heart of this book is something larger and more lasting than even its agenda for how to effect change: it is a deeply humane portrayal of how our society copes with who we really are. We are not economic beings. We are not political beings. We are not digital beings or analog beings, social beings or solitary beings. We are mortal beings. And in that is every important thing to know about how we must live."--Provided by the publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781410478122
  • Physical Description: 437 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Henry Holt & Company, 2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Aging > Physiological aspects.
Quality of life.
Large type books.

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Gibsons Public Library LP 616.02 GAW (Text) 30886001048657 Large print NF Volume hold Checked out 2024-05-21

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