Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end

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Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye-opening research and gripping st...

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Main Author: Gawande, Atul (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Picador/Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Edition:First Picador edition.
Subjects:
Terminal care
Critical care medicine.
Aging > Physiological aspects.
Quality of life
Death > Attitudes.
Prognosis.

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