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Being mortal medicine and what matters in the end

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.
Other Authors: Petkoff, Robert.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Macmillan Audio, p2014.
Subjects:
Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Older people.
Aging > Physiological aspects.
Death > Attitudes.
Prognosis.
Quality of life.
Audiobooks.
Downloadable audio books.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.
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: Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Includes a bonus interview with the author.
Duration: 9:00:00.
Physical Description: 7 sound discs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9781427244239 :
1427244235
Author Notes: Atul Gawande is a surgical resident in Boston and staff writer on medicine and science for The New Yorker. A former Rhodes scholar, he received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He lives with his wife and three children in Newton, Massachusetts.

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