Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
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Large Print edition.
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437 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Coos Bay Public Library - Adult/General - Large Print
362.175 GAW, Being 2014
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North Bend Public Library - Adult/General - Large Print
616.029 GAWANDE 2015
1 available

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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large Print edition.
Language
English

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Originally published: New York : Henry Holtt & Company, 2014.
General Note
"Thorndike Press large print basic"
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-428).
Description
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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, A. (2015). Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end (Large Print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, Atul. 2015. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Large Print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.

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