Pocket • 2014 • Engelsk

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

Name: Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Av Atul Gawande

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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 ...Vis mer

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9781781253946

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2014

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Engelsk

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

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