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Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

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An edition of Being Mortal (2014)

Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

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  • 4.5 (31 ratings) ·
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  • 17 Currently reading
  • 44 Have read

Never before has aging been such an important topic. For, even as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become profoundly detached from the reality of being mortal.

Here, Atul Gawande outlines a story that crosses the globe, as he explores the modern experience of mortality - what it's like to get old and die, how medicine has changed this and how it hasn't, where our ideas about death have gone wrong.

The systems that we have put in place to manage our mortality are manifestly failing; but, as Gawande reveals, it doesn't have to be this way. The ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death, but a good life - all the way to the very end.

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Profile Books
Language
English
Pages
282

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Edition Notes

UK edition

Published in
London
Series
Wellcome Collection
Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Library of Congress
HQ1073, R726.8 .G39 2014

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
282p.
Number of pages
282

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26453601M
Internet Archive
beingmortalillne0000gawa
ISBN 10
1846685826
ISBN 13
9781846685828
LCCN
2014017442
OCLC/WorldCat
913793987, 1028466932
amazon.co.uk_asin
1846685826
Amazon ID (ASIN)
1846685826
Google
I_sOrgEACAAJ
Goodreads
25848382

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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