The Resource Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande
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- Summary
- Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families of the terminally ill
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 282 pages
- Contents
-
- The independent self
- Things fall apart
- Dependence
- Assistance
- A better life
- Letting go
- Hard conversations
- Courage
- Isbn
- 9780805095159
- Label
- Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
- Title
- Being mortal
- Title remainder
- medicine and what matters in the end
- Statement of responsibility
- Atul Gawande
- Title variation
- Medicine and what matters in the end
- Subject
-
- Aging
- Aging -- physiology
- Attitude to Death
- Death
- trueFamily and relationships -- Aging and death
- truePrognosis
- Prognosis
- trueQuality of Life
- Quality of Life
- trueScience writing -- Medicine
- Terminal Care
- trueTerminal Care
- Terminal care
- trueSociety and culture -- Illness and disease
- Activities of Daily Living
- Aged
- trueAging
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families of the terminally ill
- Summary
- A prominent surgeon argues against modern medical practices that extend life at the expense of quality of life while isolating the dying, outlining suggestions for freer, more fulfilling approaches to death that enable more dignified and comfortable choices
- Award
-
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2014.
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Nonfiction, 2015.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10358432
- Cataloging source
- DNLM/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gawande, Atul
- Dewey number
- 362.17/5
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- R726.8
- LC item number
- .G39 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WB 310
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Terminal care
- Aging
- Death
- Terminal Care
- Activities of Daily Living
- Aged
- Aging
- Attitude to Death
- Prognosis
- Quality of Life
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- medicine and what matters in the end
- Label
- Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage
- Control code
- 20272189
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 282 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805095159
- Lccn
- 2014017442
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (DLC) 2014017442
- Label
- Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage
- Control code
- 20272189
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 282 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805095159
- Lccn
- 2014017442
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (DLC) 2014017442
Subject
- Aging
- Aging -- physiology
- Attitude to Death
- Death
- trueFamily and relationships -- Aging and death
- truePrognosis
- Prognosis
- trueQuality of Life
- Quality of Life
- trueScience writing -- Medicine
- Terminal Care
- trueTerminal Care
- Terminal care
- trueSociety and culture -- Illness and disease
- Activities of Daily Living
- Aged
- trueAging
Genre
Included in
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Science
- trueBeing Human
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Health & Medicine Books: 2014
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Nonfiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2014
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Health
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