The Resource Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande, (sound recording)
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande, (sound recording)
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The item Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Audio CD ; Unabridged.
- Extent
- 7 sound discs (9 hr.)
- Note
- Includes a bonus interview with the author
- Isbn
- 9781427244239
- Label
- Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
- Title
- Being mortal
- Title remainder
- medicine and what matters in the end
- Statement of responsibility
- Atul Gawande
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- TOH
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gawande, Atul
- Dewey number
- 362.17/5
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- R726.8
- LC item number
- .G39 2014ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Robert Petkoff
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Petkoff, Robert
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Terminal care
- Critical care medicine
- Older people
- Aging
- Death
- Prognosis
- Quality of life
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande, (sound recording)
- Note
- Includes a bonus interview with the author
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- ocn885207655
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Audio CD ; Unabridged.
- Extent
- 7 sound discs (9 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781427244239
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Note
- 362.175 G248A ; XX-CDNF ; 7CD/1AW ; [B14MA015, #7, 3@34.99, jll/ bdh] ; [P14MA647, #3, 9@34.99, jll/TKG]
- Other physical details
- digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)885207655
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end, Atul Gawande, (sound recording)
- Note
- Includes a bonus interview with the author
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- ocn885207655
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Audio CD ; Unabridged.
- Extent
- 7 sound discs (9 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781427244239
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Note
- 362.175 G248A ; XX-CDNF ; 7CD/1AW ; [B14MA015, #7, 3@34.99, jll/ bdh] ; [P14MA647, #3, 9@34.99, jll/TKG]
- Other physical details
- digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)885207655
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Audiobooks
- Critical care medicine
- Death -- Attitudes
- Older people
- Prognosis
- Quality of life
- Terminal care
- Aging -- Physiological aspects
Genre
Included in
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Health
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Science
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