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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Atul Gawande

Start date: November 1, 2015

Finish date: November 30, 2015

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Dec 07, 2014 Petra X rated it it was amazing

Shelves: medicine-science, 2014-reviews, popculture-anthropology, reviewed, 2014-read

This is brilliant. I'm having a good run of 5* books at the moment. Atul Gawande refers several times to The Death of Ivan Ilych so now I have to read that. I like it how one book leads to another sometimes. ...more

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Aug 02, 2015 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

There was a time that I wouldn't think a book about dying a "good death" would rate any stars, let alone five, but things change. Working just one semester on an oncology floor has made me see things in a very different light, and this book does such an excellent job of discussing what has been taboo throughout most of the 20th and this century - that death comes to us all and so we need to face that fact with honesty and clarity about what really living means to us. Very recommended.

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May 23, 2015 Jenny rated it it was amazing

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This book does a great job of describing ways to better handle end of life care and decision making. Although the narrative is not perfect, it is an excellent book.

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