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Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

Paperback • 2014 • English

Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

By Atul Gawande

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About the book

In Being Mortal, Gawande examines his experiences as a surgeon, as he confronts the realities of aging and dying in his patients and in his family, as well as the limits of what he can do. And he emerges with story that crosses the globe and history, exploring questions that range from the curious to the profound: What happens to people's teeth as they get old? Did human beings really commit senecide, the sacrifice of the elderly? Why do the aged so dread nursing homes and hospitals? How should ...Show more

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9781781253946

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

Format

Paperback

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