03950cam a2200649 4500 528843408 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781427259486 1427259488 ac755d92-6822-4c17-9671-0f9ce2a419ef OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1958194 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal [Libby Audiobook] : Medicine and What Matters in the End. Macmillan Audio, 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 249MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 249MB. christmas stocking stuffer ideas. medical care at the end of life. atul gawande mortality. Health care policy. end of life issues. Health Care Ethics. book being mortal. end of life care. Death and Dying. palliative care. Quality of life. dr atul gawande. christmas gift. books on tape. hanukkah gift. to be mortal. audio books. audiobooks. dying book. how to die. Mortality. Aging. HTML:<p>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</p> <p>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 devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering.</p> <p>Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. 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.</p> <p>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.</p>. Nonfiction. Sociology. Medical. Media Type: Audiobook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Audie Award Nominee. Earphones Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Petkoff, Robert. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1493-1/1958194-BeingMortal.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/1958194-BeingMortal.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AC755D92-6822-4C17-9671-0F9CE2A419EF&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1493-1/1958194-BeingMortal.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/1958194-BeingMortal.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AC755D92-6822-4C17-9671-0F9CE2A419EF&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)