02931nam a2200517Ii 4500 DIGXIAGT101 NyNyDIG cr ||||||||||| 161214s2015 sp o 000 0 spa d m o d (OCoLC)1016548955 DGITA eng rda pn DGITA 9788416252671 (eBook) 841625267X (eBook) 9788416252473 8416252475 spa eng R726.8 ebook 362.175 Gawande, Atul, author. 113467 Being mortal. Spanish (Pradera) Ser mortal : la medicina y lo que importa al final / Atul Gawande ; traducción de Alejandro Pradera. Barcelona : Galaxia Gutenberg, [2015] 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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 run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified. Online resource; title from PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed December 15, 2016) Terminal care. 106865 Critical care medicine. 113468 Death Psychological aspects. 98116 Terminally ill Psychology. 113469 Aging Physiological aspects. 113470 Quality of life. 79413 Electronic books. Pradera, Alejandro, translator. 100900 Translation of: Gawande, Atul. Being mortal. 113471 Digitalia (Firm), distributor. Digitalia eBook Collection: Galaxia Gutenberg. Print version: Gawande, Atul. Being mortal. Spanish (Pradera) Ser mortal. 1a ed. Barcelona : Galaxia Gutenberg, 2015 9788416252473 Digitalia Hispánica https://login.zproxy.cun.edu.co/login?url=https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/a/37386/ Premium Collection: 2018 E-BOOK ddc 39750 39750