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Author Gawande, Atul.

Title BEING MORTAL : MEDICINE AND WHAT MATTERS IN THE END / Atul Gawande.

Edition Large print edition.
Publication Info. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1629523~S1
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 95th Street Adult Large Type Nonfiction  362.175 GAW    AVAILABLE
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Description 437 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Note "Thorndike Press large print basic"--Title page verso.
Originally published: New York : Henry Holtt & Company, 2014.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary A prominent surgeon argues against modern medical practices that extend life at the expense of quality of life while isolating the dying, outlining suggestions for freer, more fulfilling approaches to death that enable more dignified and comfortable choices.
Subject Terminal care.
Critical care medicine.
Aging -- Physiological aspects.
Death -- Attitudes.
Prognosis.
Quality of life.
Genre Large type books.
ISBN 9781410478122 (hardback)
1410478122 (hardcover)
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