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AuthorAtul Gawande
PublisherMetropolitan Books
Publication dateOctober 7, 2014
Print length297 pages
Customer Reviews4.7⭐ / 46,214 ratings
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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. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering.

Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified.

Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.


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AuthorAtul Gawande
PublisherMetropolitan Books
Publication dateOctober 7, 2014
Print length297 pages
Customer Reviews4.7⭐ / 46,214 ratings
Great on Kindle


#1 New York Times Bestseller

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. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering.

Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified.

Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.


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Apr 15, 2024
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NorbRev
Apr 15, 2024
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Excellent book that talks about the current industry around retirement centers and end-of-life care.

I read this as my father-in-law was passing away and it made me realize there were a few things we could and should have done prior to that.

Worthwhile read if you want to know more about the challenges and opportunities at that stage.
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As someone who has worked in a hospital setting for two decades, I highly, highly recommend this book. It is an engaging, interesting read - not dry at all - and sheds light on end-of-life conversations and decisions that American culture tends to generally ignore.