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    <title>Being mortal</title>
    <subTitle>medicine and what matters in the end</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Gawande, Atul</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>2015</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2014</dateIssued>
    <edition>First edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>282 pages ; 22 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Being mortal is not only wise and deeply moving; it is an essential and insightful book for our times</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Activities of daily living -- Things fall apart -- Dependence -- Assistance -- A better life -- Letting go -- Hard conversations -- Courage.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Atul Gawande.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277).</note>
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    <topic>Terminal Care</topic>
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    <topic>Activities of Daily Living</topic>
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  <subject authority="mesh">
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  <subject authority="mesh">
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  <classification authority="lcc">R726.8 .G39 2015</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781846685828</identifier>
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