Being mortal illness, medicine and what matters in the end

• Main Author: Gawande, Atul (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London, United Kingdom Profile Books Ltd 2015
• Edition: First edition
• Subjects: Terminal care; Critical care medicine; Aging > Physiological aspects; Quality of life
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'GAWANDE'S MOST POWERFUL, AND MOVING, BOOK' MALCOLM GLADWELL 'BEING MORTAL IS NOT ONLY WISE AND DEEPLY MOVING; IT IS AN ESSENTIAL AND INSIGHTFUL BOOK FOR OUR TIMES' OLIVER SACKS For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The independent self
• Things fall apart
• Dependence
• Assistance
• A better life
• Letting go
• Hard conversations
• Courage
• Epilogue.