Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Word Count
71,750 words, Guess
Page Count
287 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27268597M
- ISBN-139781250076229
- ISBN-101250076226
- OCLC Control Number1005264011
- OCLC Control Numberbeingmortalmedic0000gawa_m9h5
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- Library of Congress Control Number2014017442
- Amazon1250076226
- Goodreads58614387
Classifications
- DDC362.17' 5
- LCCR726.8 .G39 2014
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.
Description
Modern medicine has transformed the dangers of birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should do. Through eye-opening research and grip- ping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering produced by medicine's neglect of the wishes people might have beyond mere survival. To find out what those wishes are, we need to ask. We haven't been asking, but we can learn. Riveting, honest, and humane, this remarkable book, which has already changed the national conversation on aging and death, shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life —all the way to the very end. --back cover
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