Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York : Picador, Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Edition
First Picador edition.
Physical Desc
287 pages : charts ; 21 cm
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Status
Beaver Creek School/Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
362.175 GAWANDE
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362.175 GAWANDE
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Spring Valley Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
362.175 GAWANDE
1 available
362.175 GAWANDE
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Published
New York : Picador, Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First Picador edition.
Language
English
UPC
99974226563
Notes
General Note
Reprint, issued with discussion questions. Originally published: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
General Note
"Discussion questions included inside"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277) and index.
Description
Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and 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. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, practicing surgeon Atul Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients' anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them. but a good life-all the way to the very end.
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek School/Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 362.175 GAWANDE | Find It Now |
| Spring Valley Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 362.175 GAWANDE | Find It Now |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gawande, A. (2017). Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end (First Picador edition.). Picador, Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gawande, Atul. 2017. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Picador, 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 Picador, Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End First Picador edition., Picador, Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
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