Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.
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Publisher
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2015.
Date
℗2014.
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LP/616/GAW
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Language
English
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Physical content
437 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2015.
Edition
Large print edition.
Place of Publication
Maine
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
Modern medicine has transformed the dangers of childbirth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the face of our inevitable aging and death, what it can do often runs counter to what it should do. Now Atul Gawande reveals the suffering this has produced. He examines the profession's limitations and failures as life dra...
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Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-428)
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LP/616/GAW
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74VK75xzxgwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK75xzxgwX
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ISBN
9781410478122 (large print : hardcover)
1410478122 (large print : hardcover)
DDC
616
MMS ID
991022995269702626
