Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
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New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Clark Memorial Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
362.17 GAWANDE
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Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
362.175 GAW
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Jerome Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
HEALTH. GENERAL 362 GAW
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Published
New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).
Description
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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Text in English.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, A. (2014). Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end (First edition.). Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, Atul. 2014. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End First edition., Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

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