Robert Petkoff: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Author: Atul Gawande Read by: Robert Petkoff, an award-winning American stage actor known for his work in Shakespearean productions and more recently on the New York City musical theater stage. Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins Release Date:10-07-14 Loc: 所有文件\畅销新书-非小说类\Atul Gawande - Being Mortal Medicine and What Matters in the End 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 run counter to the interest of the human spirit. http://www.amazon.com/Being-Mortal-Medicine-What-Matters/dp/0805095152