Being Mortal

Description:

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a 2014 non-fiction book by American surgeon Atul Gawande. The book addresses end-of-life care, hospice care, and also contains Gawande's reflections and personal stories. He suggests that medical care should focus on well-being rather than survival. Being Mortal has won awards, appeared on lists of best books, and been featured in a documentary.

subjects: dying,  geriatrics,  medicine,  Activities of Daily Living,  Conduct of life,  Attitude to Death,  Critical care medicine,  Terminal care,  Diagnosis,  Attitude (Psychology),  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Elderly,  Aged,  Physiology,  Death & Dying,  Physiological aspects,  Aging,  Death,  Quality of Life,  Prognosis,  Palliative treatment,  Medical ethics,  Older people,  Death, psychological aspects,  Attitudes,  Large type books,  MEDICAL / Terminal Care,  nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-10-26,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed,  Mortality,  Family and Relationships,  Sterben,  Sterbebegleitung,  Krankenpflege,  Lebensverlängerung,  Aging--physiology,  Aging--physiological aspects,  R726.8 .g39 2014,  Wb 310,  362.17/5

People: Atul Gawande