Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Title: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Author: Atul Gawande Wellness: 1688063 ISBN: 9780805095159 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Published: 2014 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Edition: 1 Section: Medical | Terminal Care Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Publisher Description: #1 New York Times Bestseller 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 endingMedicine 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