Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Gawande, Atul, author. Title: Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2014. Description: 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm 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. Subjects: Terminal care. Critical care medicine. Aging -- Physiological aspects. Quality of life. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277). Contents: The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage. LCCN: 2014017442 ISBN: 9780805095159 (hardcover) 0805095152 (hardcover) Other Number: 879416935 System Availability: 6 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 6 Control Number: 447351 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 362.175 Gawande Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
