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_aR726.8 _b.G39 2014 |
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100 | 1 | _aGawande, Atul | |
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_aBeing mortal : _bmedicine and what matters in the end _c/ Atul Gawande. |
250 | _aFirst edition. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Metropolitan Books _c, 2014 |
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_a282 pages _c; 22 cm. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-277). | ||
505 | 0 | _aActivities of daily living -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage. | |
520 | 3 | _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. | |
546 | _aEnglish | ||
650 | 4 | _aTerminal Care | |
650 | 4 | _aActivites of daily living | |
650 | 4 | _aAged | |
650 | 4 |
_aAging _x-Physiology |
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650 | 4 | _aAttitude to death | |
650 | 4 | _aPrognosis | |
650 | 4 | _aQuality of life | |
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