Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
Gawande, Atul2017
Book
"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 stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients' anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them."--Back cover.
Main title:
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande.
Author:
Gawande, Atul, author
Edition:
First Picador edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Picador, 2017.©2014
Collation:
287 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Notes:
First published by Metropolitan Books, 2014."Metropolitan Books."Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277)
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Independent Self -- 2.Things Fall Apart -- 3.Dependence -- 4.Assistance -- 5.A Better Life -- 6.Letting Go -- 7.Hard Conversations -- 8.Courage.
ISBN:
9781250076229 (pbk)9781250076229 (paperback)
Dewey class:
362.175
Language:
English
BRN:
641415
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Society | SOCIETY 362.175 GAWA | In-transit from North Melbourne Library to East Melbourne Library (Set: 25 Jun 2026) |
| Library at the Dock | -Society | SOCIETY 362.175 GAWA | On loan - Due: 01 Jul 2026 |