Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande
This book explores the challenging topic of how medicine can improve not only life, but also the process of dying. Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, tackles the limitations of his profession and argues that quality of life should be the ultimate goal for patients and families. He offers examples of more fulfilling models for caring for the elderly and explores hospice care to show that the end of life can still be rich and dignified.
Publish Date
2014-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
2014-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.48
ISBN
9781250076229
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Recommendations
4
Recommendations
2015-02-02T13:48:42.000Z
.@atul_gawande's BEING MORTAL was spectacular. Spartan, razor-sharp prose. And a genuine rarity: a book that *needed* to exist. – source2022-10-01T01:55:50.000Z
Halfway through @Atul_Gawande's Being Mortal. It's an essential, important and deep book. Also just finished @morganhousel's Psychology Of Money. Haven't read a novel in about a month. – source