Being Mortal
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande
AdultsIndian author
A surgeon on medicine, ageing and what matters most at the end of life.
- Author
- Atul Gawande
- Age
- For grown-ups
- Type
- Conscious Living, Non-fiction
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Profile / Metropolitan
- Readers rate it
- 4.49 / 5 on Goodreads
- In India
- Available
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