Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

By Atul Gawande

Categories: Medical Books, Politics & Social Sciences

Surgeon and writer Atul Gawande examines how modern medicine treats aging and dying, and why it often fails the people it is meant to help. Drawing on stories of his patients and his father's death, he looks at nursing homes, assisted living and hospice care. Gawande argues that doctors and families should talk honestly about what matters most to people at the end of life, focusing on well-being, not only survival.

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