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Published by Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: 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.
Published by Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: 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 remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Wellcome Collection
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
Published by Wellcome Collection
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Published by Wellcome Collection
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
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Published by Wellcome Collection 16/10/2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
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Published by Wellcome Collection 16/10/2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: Bahamut Media, Reading, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
Published by Profile Books Limited, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: 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.
Published by Profile Books Limited, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. 01st Edition. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Published by Profile Books, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: Bestsellersuk, Hereford, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: 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.
Published by Wellcome Collection, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Condition: 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.
Published by Profile Books Ltd, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Black Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.
Published by Wellcome Collection, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.
Published by Profile, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: Louis Tinner Bookshop, Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands
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2014, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy , met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy , met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy.
Published by Wellcome Collection - Profile Books, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846685818ISBN 13: 9781846685811
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.