| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2014017442 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780805095159 (hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0805095152 (hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780805095159 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)879416935 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
362.175 Gaw |
| Item number |
9 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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87050 |
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87050 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
362.175 Gaw |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gawande, Atul frey50 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Being mortal : |
| Remainder of title |
medicine and what matters in the end |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Atul Gawande |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Metropolitan Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
282 pages |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Activities of daily living -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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. 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Terminal care. |
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Critical care medicine. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Aging |
| General subdivision |
Physiological aspects. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Quality of life. |
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Terminal Care. |
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Activities of Daily Living. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Aged. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Aging |
| General subdivision |
physiology. |
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Attitude to Death. |
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Prognosis. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Quality of Life. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
| Koha item type |
300 - 399 |
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362.175 Gaw |
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9 |