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Book Summary
In "Being Mortal," bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge
of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process
of its ending
Medicine 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
- ISBN-13
- 9780805095159
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books
- Publishing Date
- 2014-10-07
- Total Pages
- 288
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Book Summary
In "Being Mortal," bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge
of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process
of its ending
Medicine 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
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9780805095159
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books
- Publishing Date
- 2014-10-07
- Total Pages
- 288