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But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mortal. Longer training, ever more advanced technologiesneither seems to prevent grievous errors. This will also keep your track position when listening in itunes. How medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. Listen to this and other frontline podcasts any time on soundcloud and itunes. Medicine and what matters in the end kindle edition by gawande, atul. Being mortal by atul gawande, audiobook excerpt soundcloud. Oct 07, 2014 being mortal medicine and what matters in the end many of the case studies and personal experiences that surgeon and writer atul gawande depicts in his new book being mortal resonated with my own recent history of the deaths of my family members. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Medicine and what matters in the end by atul gawande.
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Atul gawande, md, mph, is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. Discussions focus on various aspects of aging and dying, including. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading being mortal. Oct 17, 2014 being mortal uses a clear, illuminating style to describe the medical facts and cases that have brought him to that understanding.
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