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#1 New York Times Bestseller
In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: 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. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to
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Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Diagnoses are often just educated guesses, and prognoses less certain still. There is a significant amount of uncertainty in the daily practice of medicine, resulting in confusion and potentially deadly complications. Dr. Steven Hatch argues that instead of ignoring this uncertainty, we should embrace it. By digging deeply into a number of rancorous controversies, from breast cancer screening to blood pressure management, Hatch shows us how medicine...
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NASA contractor report volume NASA CR-217978
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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NIH publication volume no. 06-5319
Publisher
Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 216911
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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NIH publication volume no. 12-4030
Publisher
Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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NASA technical memorandum volume 2015-218928
Publisher
Ames Research Center
Pub. Date
December 2015.
Language
English