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245 10 a| Being mortal :b| medicine and what matters in the end /c| Atul Gawande.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Metropolitan Books :b| Henry Holt & Company,c| 2014.;

300 a| 282 pages ;c| 22 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).;

505 0 a| The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.;

520 a| 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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Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.

Author/creator	Gawande, Atul author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Metropolitan Books : Henry Holt & Company, 2014.
Description	282 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Terminal care. Critical care medicine. Aging--Physiological aspects. Quality of life. Terminal Care. Activities of Daily Living. Aged. Aging--physiology. Attitude to Death. Prognosis. Quality of Life.

Contents	The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.
Abstract	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.
Local note	Little-360300--305131066217Z
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).
LCCN	2014017442
ISBN	9780805095159
ISBN	0805095152

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