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Being mortal : illness, medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Profile Books 2014Description: 282 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781846685811 (hbk.) :
  • 9781846685828 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.9 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1073
Summary: Atul Gawande examines his experiences as a surgeon, as he confronts the realities of ageing and dying in his patients and in his family, as well as the limits of what he can do. He emerges with a story that crosses the globe and history, exploring questions that range from the curious to the profound.
Item type: 4 Week Loan
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Atul Gawande examines his experiences as a surgeon, as he confronts the realities of ageing and dying in his patients and in his family, as well as the limits of what he can do. He emerges with a story that crosses the globe and history, exploring questions that range from the curious to the profound.

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