An edition of Being Mortal (2014)

Being mortal

medicine and what matters in the end

Large print edition.
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Being mortal
Atul Gawande, Atul Gawande
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An edition of Being Mortal (2014)

Being mortal

medicine and what matters in the end

Large print edition.
  • 4.5 (31 ratings) ·
  • 302 Want to read
  • 17 Currently reading
  • 44 Have read

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified.

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Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Language
English
Pages
437

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Cover of: Being Mortal
Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017, Anchor Canada
Paperback in English - Anchor Canada ed. (1)
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017-09, Picador
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2017-09, Picador
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015, Profile Books
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Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end
2015, Greenhaven Press
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
hardcover in English - First Edition (9)
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2014, Metropolitan Books
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Table of Contents

The independent self
Things fall apart
Dependence
Assistance
A better life
Letting go
Hard conversations
Courage.

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Henry Holtt & Company, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-428).

Series
Thorndike Press large print basic
Copyright Date
2014

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.02/9
Library of Congress
R726.8 .G39 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
437 pages (large print)
Number of pages
437

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27178556M
ISBN 10
1410478122
ISBN 13
9781410478122
LCCN
2014048602
OCLC/WorldCat
899228974

Work Description

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a 2014 non-fiction book by American surgeon Atul Gawande. The book addresses end-of-life care, hospice care, and also contains Gawande's reflections and personal stories. He suggests that medical care should focus on well-being rather than survival. Being Mortal has won awards, appeared on lists of best books, and been featured in a documentary.

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I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn’t one of them.
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