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Edité par Wellcome Collection
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Paperback. Etat : Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Edité par Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2014
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. New York Times Number One bestseller Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2014 In Being Mortal, Gawande examines his experiences as a surgeon, as he confronts the realities of aging and dying in his patients and in his family, as well as the limits of what he can do. And he emerges with story that crosses the globe and history, exploring questions that range from the curious to the profound: What happens to people's teeth as they get old? Did human beings really commit senecide, the sacrifice of the elderly? Why do the aged so dread nursing homes and hospitals? How should someone give another person the dreadful news that they will die? This is a story told only as Atul Gawande can - penetrating people's lives and also the systems that have evolved to govern our mortality. Those systems, he observes, routinely fail to serve - or even acknowledge - people's needs and priorities beyond mere survival. And the consequences are devastating lives, families, and even whole economies. But, as he reveals, it doesn't have to be this way. Atul Gawande has delivered an engrossing tale of science, history and remarkable characters in the vein of Oliver Sacks. Published in partnership with the Wellcome Collection. WELLCOME COLLECTION is the free museum and library for the incurably curious. It explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future. It is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas thrive. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Wellcome Collection
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Edité par Wellcome Collection
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Etat : VeryGood. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Edité par Wellcome Collection
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : MusicMagpie, Stockport, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Etat : Very Good. 1713441453. 4/18/2024 11:57:33 AM.
Edité par Wellcome Collection
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Livre
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
Edité par Profile Books Limited, 2014
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Etat : Good. 01st Edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Edité par Profile Books, 2014
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : Bestsellersuk, Hereford, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Bumped Edges. Sun Damage to edge of Pages. No.1 BESTSELLERS - great prices, friendly customer service â " all orders are dispatched next working day.
Edité par Wellcome Collection, 2014
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Etat : Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9781846685811.
Edité par Profile Books Ltd, London, 2014
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, Royaume-Uni
Livre Edition originale
Black Cloth Boards. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st GB Edition. Account of the modern exoerience of mortality and the limits of medicine. 282pp. Gilt lettering to spine, dark blue endpapers. Slight forward lean to spine and minor bumping to spine and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Edité par Wellcome Collection, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2014
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, Etats-Unis
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, BEING MORTAL lasserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end. An Amazon Best Book of the Month, October 2014: True or false: Modern medicine is a miracle that has transformed all of our lives. If you said ?true,? you?d be right, of course, but that?s a statement that demands an asterisk, a ?but.? ?We?ve been wrong about what our job is in medicine,? writes Atul Gawande, a surgeon (at Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston) and a writer (at the New Yorker). ?We think. . .[it] is to ensure health and survival. But really. . .it is to enable well-being. And well-being is about the reasons one wishes to be alive.? Through interviews with doctors, stories from and about health care providers (such as the woman who pioneered the notion of ?assisted living? for the elderly)?and eventually, by way of the story of his own father?s dying, Gawande examines the cracks in the system of health care to the aged (i.e. 97 percent of medical students take no course in geriatrics) and to the seriously ill who might have different needs and expectations than the ones family members predict. (One striking example: the terminally ill former professor who told his daughter that ?quality of life? for him meant the ongoing ability to enjoy chocolate ice cream and watch football on TV. If medical treatments might remove those pleasures, well, then, he wasn?t sure he would submit to such treatments.) Doctors don?t listen, Gawande suggests?or, more accurately, they don?t know what to listen for. (Gawande includes examples of his own failings in this area.) Besides, they?ve been trained to want to find cures, attack problems?to win. But victory doesn?t look the same to everyone, he asserts. Yes, ?death is the enemy,? he writes. ?But the enemy has superior forces. Eventually, it wins. And in a war that you cannot win, you don?t want a general who fights to the point of total annihilation. You don?t want Custer. You want Robert E. Lee. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine. mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NF94.
Edité par Wellcome Collection - Profile Books, London, 2014
ISBN 10 : 1846685818ISBN 13 : 9781846685811
Vendeur : SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, Royaume-Uni
Livre Edition originale
Hard Boards. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. 3rd impression 2014. Hardback in jacket. 22x14cm. 282 pages. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is price-clipped. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref rdam. Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End. Wellcome Collection - Profile Books, London.