01584cam a2200361 i 4500 1164336267 TxAuBib 20141103120000.0 140503s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014017442 9780805095159 hbk. 0805095152 hbk. (OCoLC)879416935 DNLM/DLC rda eng DLC IG# BTCTA BDX YDXCP NLM UPZ OCLCO INR TxAuBib rda Gawande, Atul, author. Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end / Atul Gawande. First edition. New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014. 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277). The independent self -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families of the terminally ill. 20141103. Terminal care. Critical care medicine. Aging Physiological aspects. Quality of life. TXKIP