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_b.G39 2014
060 1 0 _aWB 310
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_2 GAW
100 1 _aGawande, Atul
245 1 0 _aBeing mortal :
_bmedicine and what matters in the end
_c/ Atul Gawande.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aNew York
_b: Metropolitan Books
_c, 2014
300 _a282 pages
_c; 22 cm.
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
650 4 _aAttitude to death
650 4 _aPrognosis
650 4 _aQuality of life
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