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The true first is the American Metropolitan Books edition of 7 October 2014, subtitled 'Medicine and What Matters in the End'. The first British edition is the Profile Books hardback, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-84668-581-1, published in association with Wellcome Collection (a library record notes this wording on the back of the title page). British library records give a longer subtitle that adds illness (for example 'Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End'), so check the title page subtitle and the Profile imprint to tell a UK copy from an American one. Later British issues are the 2014 ebook (978-1-84765-786-2), the 2015 Profile paperback (978-1-84668-582-8, 282 pages) and a 2015 Clipper large print edition; none is the first. Confirm a first printing from the number line on the copyright page.
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Profile Books, London, England, in 2014, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 29 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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