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Being mortal : [medicine and what matters in the end] /

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Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Gawande asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a...

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Main Author: Gawande, Atul
Corporate Author: Macmillan Audio (Firm)
Other Authors: Petkoff, Robert
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Macmillan Audio, [2014]
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Terminal care.
Older people.
Aging > Physiology.
Death > Attitudes.
Prognosis.
Quality of life.
Audiobooks.
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Summary:Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Gawande asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.
Item Description:Subtitle from container.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:7 sound discs (7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9781427244239
1427244235