Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end

Gawande, Atul (author.). Petkoff, Robert, (narrator.). Read by Robert Petkoff. (Cast).

Summary: Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Gawande asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.

Record details

ISBN: 9781427259486
ISBN: 1427259488
ISBN: 9781427244239
ISBN: 1427244235
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (1 sound file (09 hr., 03 min., 52 sec.)) : digital
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [New York] : Macmillan Audio, [2014]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Activities of daily living -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Robert Petkoff.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on compact disc version record.