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ocn879416935 |
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OCoLC |
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20190711155014.0 |
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140503s2014 nyu b 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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2014017442 |
| 016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
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| Record control number |
101631898 |
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DNLM |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780805095159 (hardcover) |
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0805095152 (hardcover) |
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DNLM/DLC |
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eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
R726.8 |
| Item number |
.G39 2014 |
| 060 00 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
2014 M-608 |
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WB 310 |
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WB 310 |
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G284b 2014 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
362.17/5 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gawande, Atul, |
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author. |
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17803 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Medicine and what matters in the end |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
282 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage -- Epilogue. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Terminal care. |
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90587 |
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Critical care medicine. |
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90588 |
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Aging |
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Physiological aspects. |
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90589 |
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Quality of life. |
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90590 |
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Terminal Care. |
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90591 |
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Activities of Daily Living. |
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90592 |
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Aged. |
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90593 |
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Aging |
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physiology. |
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90594 |
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Attitude to death. |
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90595 |
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Prognosis. |
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90596 |
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Quality of Life. |
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90597 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
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NF |