Ser mortal : la medicina y lo que importa al final /

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 s...

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Main Author: Gawande, Atul, (Author)
Other Authors: Pradera, Alejandro, (Translator), Gawande, Atul.
Format: eBook
Language:Spanish
English
Published: Barcelona : Galaxia Gutenberg, [2015]
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Online Access:Digitalia Hispánica
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