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Being mortal medicine and what matters in the end by atul gawande. And the checklist manifestohis latest book is being mortal. 9780805095159 from amazons book store. He is an eminent american surgeon and author who conducts research into public h i read this book a fortnight ago by my brothers bedside at a time when both he and i knew he was dying. Otherwise more and more of us will end our lives babbling behind shining doors.

The book addresses end of life care hospice care and also contains gawandes reflections and personal stories. Being mortal is not only wise and deeply moving it is an essential and insightful book for our times as one would expect from atul gawande one of our finest physician writers oliver sacks american medicine being mortal reminds us has prepared itself for life but not for death. Atul gawande boston surgeon. Medicine what matters in the end by atul gawande review.

Does the quality of the life we have at the end often get overshadowed by a focus of extending our life even if this extension comes at the cost of stripping our final days of everything that gives meaning to a definition. Medicine and what matters in the endhe is also a surgeon at brigham and womens hospital in boston a staff writer for the new yorker and a professor at harvard. This is atul gawandes most powerful and. Medicine has triumphed in modern times transforming birth injury and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable.

Being mortals main focus is on how medicine and medical care has maybe skewed our perception on what it means to live. Medicine and what matters in the end is atul gawande. Better selected by amazon as one of the ten best books of 2007. Medicine and what matters in the end is a 2014 non fiction book by american surgeon atul gawandethe book was published in 2014.

In being mortal best selling author atul gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession. Thanks for exploring this supersummary study guide of being mortal. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run. Complications a finalist for the national book award.

Gawande chronicles the work of a hospice nurse on her rounds a geriatrician in his clinic and individuals reforming nursing homes. A modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes supersummary offers high quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes characters quotes and essay topics. Atul gawande is author of three bestselling books. How medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending.