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

By:

Gawande, Atul

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Metropolitan Books , 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 282 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9780805095159

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.175 GAW

LOC classification:

R726.8 .G39 2014

NLM classification:

WB 310

Contents:

Activities of daily living -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.

Abstract: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	362.175 GAW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003965

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).

Activities of daily living -- 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.

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