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020			_a9780143425571 _qhbk
041			_aeng
082			_a362.175 _bATU
100			_aGawande, Atul
245		0	_a Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end _c/ Atul Gawande
250			_a1st edition
260			_bHaryana: Penguin, _c2015.
300			_a 282 pages ; 20 cm
520			_aMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families.
650			_aAging Physiological aspects
942			_cENGLISH
999			_c528962 _d528962