Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
[New York, N.Y.] : Macmillan Audio, [2014]
Format: Audiobook on CD
Description: 7 sound discs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Subjects:
Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Older people.
Aging -- Physiological aspects.
Death -- Attitudes.
Prognosis.
Quality of life.
Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Older people.
Aging -- Physiological aspects.
Death -- Attitudes.
Prognosis.
Quality of life.
ISBN:
9781427244239
UPC: 9781427244239
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD SOCIAL SCI Gaw [7 DISC] | Southeast | Book on CD Nonfiction | In |
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Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Includes a bonus interview with the author.
Duration: 9:00:00.
Sound recording.
Read by Robert Petkoff.
Subtitle from container.
Compact disc.
Includes a bonus interview with the author.
Duration: 9:00:00.
Sound recording.
Read by Robert Petkoff.
Subtitle from container.