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020			_a9780143425571
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100			_aGawande, Atul _95402
245			_aBeing mortal: _bmedicine and what matters in the end
260			_bPenguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd. _aHaryana _c2015
300			_a282 p.
365			_aINR _b399.00
520			_aBeing Mortal Medicine and What Matters in the End Doctors are trained to keep their patients alive as long as possible. But they are never taught how to prepare people to die. And yet for many patients, particularly the old and terminally ill, death is a question of when, not if. Should the medical profession rethink its approach to them? And in what way? With aging populations and hospital costs rising globally, these questions have become increasingly relevant. In his new book, Atul Gawande argues that an acceptance of mortality must lie at the center of the way we treat the dying. Using his experiences (and missteps) as a surgeon, comparing attitudes toward aging and death in the West and in India and drawing a powerful portrait of his father’s final years-a doctor who chose how he should go-Gawande has produced a work that is not only an extraordinary account of loss but one whose ideas are truly important.
650			_aTerminal care _99876
650			_aAging--Physiological aspects _99877
650			_aCritical care medicine _99878
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