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A prominent surgeon argues against modern medical practices that extend life at the expense of quality of life while isolating the dying, outlining suggestions for freer, more fulfilling approaches to death that enable more dignified and comfortable choices.
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Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
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- Released
- 2016
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- Title
- Being Mortal
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Atul Gawande
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 287
- ISBN10
- 1250076226
- ISBN13
- 9781250076229
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Health & Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Health, Medicine, Death, Old Age, Aging, Hospice, Gerontology, Mortality, Long-Term Care
- First published
- 2014
- Original title
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
- Rating
- 4.45 out of 5
- Description
- A prominent surgeon argues against modern medical practices that extend life at the expense of quality of life while isolating the dying, outlining suggestions for freer, more fulfilling approaches to death that enable more dignified and comfortable choices.