The Resource 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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The item Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 282 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- The independent self
- Things fall apart
- Dependence
- Assistance
- A better life
- Letting go
- Hard conversations
- Courage
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781250076229
- Label
- Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
- Title
- Being mortal
- Title remainder
- medicine and what matters in the end
- Statement of responsibility
- Atul Gawande
- Title variation
- Medicine and what matters in the end
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified
- Cataloging source
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- Gawande, Atul
- Dewey number
- 362.17/5
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Text in English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Terminal care
- Critical care medicine
- Aging
- Quality of life
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Aging
- Critical care medicine
- Quality of life
- Terminal care
- Label
- Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277)
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn879416935
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 282 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250076229
- Lccn
- 2014017442
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879416935
- Label
- Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn879416935
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 282 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250076229
- Lccn
- 2014017442
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879416935
Subject
- Critical care medicine
- Critical care medicine
- trueQuality of life
- Quality of life
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying
- trueTerminal care
- Aging -- Physiological aspects
- Terminal care
- Aging -- Physiological aspects
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- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2014
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Health
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Science
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Nonfiction
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Health & Medicine Books: 2014
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