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This is one of those books that i would recommend to anyone. The notes are thorough and helpful; there isn't a bibliography. This should be required reading.
Atul gawande's prose is extraordinarily well written and extremely readable. Gawande presents the care of three individuals and how they dealt with their terminal illnesses.
This book does a great job helping to understand the role of hospice. Anyone providing healthcare services needs this book to make them a better clinician and care giver.
All of us are mortal. Deciding what is important to us as we die is incredibly important.
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The insights i gained on aging sickness wading through the medical world of decision making and eventual death were welcomed
Being mortal has been so helpful to start the wheels turning in productive thinking ahead of my own and my husbands golden year... Read More
The system broke during the pandemic and it still of far far from fixed
There is no breezy false brightness no claims to know the unknowable no glib assurances that brush aside very real fears
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The boomers seem to want to live forever at any cost and no matter how poor the quality of life just keep chasing immortality w... Read More
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I needed this book for a college class of mine it came in 2 days after ordering it’s brand new
It came in quickly was in great condition and he enjoyed it
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It is unfortunate that many physicians do not see or wish to get into these other better alternatives for patients and their families
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Reading this book was very informative and also very difficult
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I appreciated the solid information and thought but i found it hard to carry all the heaviness of it
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If you are old like me those blanks are already pretty well filled and additional tonnage can feel like more of a load than you want to carry
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As a 70 year old man this book slammed me square in the heart
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Just read it think about it and accept death is natural then get a dnr for your own sake and for your loved ones
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Gawande makes us realize that quality of life should not be sacrificed just because modern medicine can give us more quantity of life
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Aging means death is not very far off
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I cant recommend this book enough
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