This should be mandatory reading for every American. May it be widely read and inwardly digested.” —Diana Athill, Financial Times (UK)“Being Mortal, Atul Gawande's masterful exploration of aging, death, and the medical profession's mishandling of both, is his best and most personal book yet.” —Boston Globe“American medicine, Being Mortal reminds us, has prepared itself for life but not for death. . .
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. US$18.95, US$24.16 Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified.Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end. For more than a decade, Atul Gawande has explored the fault lines of medicine . US$10.17, US$23.86 Although I was given a dry, leathery corpse to dissect in my first term, that was solely a way to learn about human anatomy. US$11.45, US$15.34 . US$15.00, US$18.62 . . To verify accuracy, check the appropriate style guide. 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. it provides a useful roadmap of what we can and should be doing to make the last years of life meaningful.” —Time.com“Masterful . Essential . US$26.00, US$23.19 Our Privacy Notice has been updated to explain how we use cookies, which you accept by continuing to use this website. US$12.72, US$9.55 US$11.45, US$10.16
. “Wise and deeply moving.” —Oliver Sacks“Illuminating.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times“Beautifully written . . . New York :Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2014. warning Note: These citations are software generated and may contain errors. May it be widely read and inwardly digested.” —Diana Athill, Financial Times (UK)“Eloquent, moving.” —The Economist (Best Books of 2014)“A great read that leaves you better equipped to face the future, and without making you feel like you just took your medicine.” —Mother Jones (Best Books of 2014)“Beautiful.” —New Republic“Gawande displays the precision of his surgical craft and the compassion of a humanist . https://images.macmillan.com/folio-assets/audio-excerpt/9781427244239.mp3, Macmillan Code of Ethics for Business Partners. . . Being Mortal is not only wise and deeply moving, it is an essential and insightful book for our times, as one would expect from Atul Gawande, one of our finest physician writers."
He and his wife have three children and live in Newton, Massachusetts. . Being Mortal is a clear-eyed, informative exploration of what growing old means in the 21st century . . . US$25.47, US$8.41 He has won the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, a MacArthur Fellowship, and two National Magazine Awards. Author Atul Gawande reading and excerpt and discussing his book, Being Mortal at The Strand bookstore in New York. Rather, he shows how patients in the terminal phase of their illness can maintain important qualities of life.” —Wall Street Journal“Being Mortal left me tearful, angry, and unable to stop talking about it for a week. . US$19.99, US$15.52 Only a precious few books have the power to open our eyes while they move us to tears. Atul Gawande has produced such a work.
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