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003			OCoLC
005			20190711155014.0
008			140503s2014 nyu b 000 0 eng
010			_a 2014017442
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020			_a9780805095159 (hardcover)
020			_a0805095152 (hardcover)
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050	0	0	_aR726.8 _b.G39 2014
060	0	0	_a2014 M-608
060	1	0	_aWB 310
060		4	_aWB 310 _bG284b 2014
082	0	0	_a362.17/5 _223
100	1		_aGawande, Atul, _eauthor. _917803
245	1	0	_aBeing mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
246	3	0	_aMedicine and what matters in the end
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bMetropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, _c2014.
300			_a282 pages ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage -- Epilogue.
520			_aMedicine 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	_aTerminal care. _990587
650		0	_aCritical care medicine. _990588
650		0	_aAging _xPhysiological aspects. _990589
650		0	_aQuality of life. _990590
650	1	2	_aTerminal Care. _990591
650	2	2	_aActivities of Daily Living. _990592
650	2	2	_aAged. _990593
650	2	2	_aAging _xphysiology. _990594
650	2	2	_aAttitude to death. _990595
650	2	2	_aPrognosis. _990596
650	2	2	_aQuality of Life. _990597
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